Jaden Smith, White Hall Senior

I’m not a guy who likes to share his emotions with people and talk about his feelings. I deal with things internally and by myself. For me not to acknowledge the impact Coach Mallett has made on me as a player and as a young man would be disrespectful. The effort Coach Mallett has put into me as a football player has made me succeed far beyond what I could have imagined. He knew I shared the same dreams of wanting to play Division 1 college football as he had in high school. I can humbly say I reached those dreams because of Coach Mallett. To accomplish such a goal like this with a coach/man like him is a blessing.

I wouldn’t have wanted to put my time, effort, sweat, blood, and tears into this game under any other coach. We grew a relationship that was much more than football. He wasn’t just my coach, but he was a great friend as well. He was the guy I looked forward to seeing every day in that locker room, and he would spend his own time with his players because that is the type of man he was and that is the man I strived to be one day.