Article Written By: Winston-Salem Journal Prep-Zone
forWhen Jordan Terry first showed up to play football for West Forsyth, there was little doubt in the mind of Coach Adrian Snow that he had a player on his hands
“When that joker came in as a freshman, you could tell he was going to be real, real good,” said Snow. “He had to play on the varsity as a sophomore and he did some good things, but we wanted more.”
And apparently, the 6-foot, 185-pound junior wide receiver is doing more. Starting for the undefeated Titans, Terry is beginning to attract attention from some college recruiters. Snow said that it’s because he’s a complete football player.
“He’s gonna do all the little things, like block,” Snow said. “He worked out all summer and he came back lots better. He had one of the best offseasons of any of our kids.”
Playing for an offense that’s putting up close to 40 points per game, Terry wants more.
“It’s fun; when you put big numbers like our offense does, I want to keep scoring and scoring,” he said. “But blocking is my part. If you block, you’ll get the ball more. I feel like I am a very physical wide receiver; I love to block. But when the ball comes my way, I want to get as much yardage as I can.
“This summer, I feel like I stepped up as a leader. I had to wake myself up, then I had to step up and make sure everybody was up,” he said of summer workouts. “During the offseason, I lifted every day. I went to speed training twice a week.”
When he joined the Titans’ varsity as a sophomore, it didn’t take him long to bridge the gap between junior varsity and varsity.
“The main difference was the change in speed,” he said. “The biggest thing was getting used to playing with faster people. I didn’t play a lot, but I felt like when I played, I played well.”
It didn’t take Terry, who has run track for the Titans, very long to realize last year that the team’s defense was outstanding and that a conference championship was a real possibility. This year, as defending champs, Terry figured out almost as quickly that the offense was going to be the team’s dynamic unit.
“I know we could put 60 or 70 points on the board in a game,” he said.