Focus 2022: Another Orji in the Rockwall Pipeline

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ATH Alex Orji (6'2, 195) will carry on the family tradition at Rockwall. The Class of 2022 phenom is getting reps with the varsity team as a freshman.  

Orji passes the eyeball test -- just like his older brothers Alston and Anfernee Orji did when they first stepped on the field for the Yellowjackets. 

Orji is playing wide receiver and has been starting to get some snaps on defense, but his future may be under center. 

"I think my strength is versatility and being able to play anywhere on the football field, Orji said. "Getting snaps where I can help the team and being able to be a leader wherever I am."

"I am going to do what I do this season and then we will see what comes in the spring, but I am going to do what I can to help the team gets wins."

"Alston and Anfernee have taught me to step up and be different than everybody else," Orji continued. "When they have their heads down keep mine up and just be something special and not listen to what everybody else says."

Orji's older brothers will be playing their college football at Vanderbilt (Alston is a freshman at Vandy and Anfernee is a Class of 2019 verbal commitment).

It is too early for Alex to concentrate too much on where he will be playing on the next level, but he seems to have a plan in place towards how he will approach his recruitment.  

"At the end of the day my parents have always taught me to look for education and to look wherever I fit best," Orji explained. "If that's Vanderbilt then that's Vanderbilt, but if that's wherever else it just is." 

"It's just wherever I feel comfortable and my parents have always reiterated about education and being able to keep our grades up while also playing smashmouth football." 

Baylor is the first in-state school to show Orji attention and he has taken notice of it. 

"Baylor has talked to me a lot every time I have been down there," Orji said. "Coach (Jeff) Nixon (Co-Offensive Coordinator) likes me a lot and he is always showing me love." 

"I think that they are a school that likes to show love back. They like to talk to you and not get all flaky. They care about the years after you graduate. It's not just the four years there, it is the 40 years after."

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