Junior Carter Scruggs began his football journey in fourth grade. Currently, Scruggs has 31 Division 1 college offers as an offensive tackle and is ranked as the number one offensive tackle in Virginia as a four star recruit.
“I didn’t enjoy football or wanted to play at first, so my dad forced me to play,” Scruggs said.
Though he didn’t enjoy football at first, he learned to love the game.
“What I enjoy about playing football is the friends and memories you make,” Scruggs said.
To get where Scruggs is now he has trained a lot and still is. In the offseason, he works out six to seven days a week for two hours and along with a day devoted to working on his strength and explosiveness.
He also attends a specific position training in Maryland one to two times a week.
To keep up with his training, Scruggs doesn’t particularly have a diet, but he tries to focus on a lot of protein and carbs.
Scruggs also credits head varsity coach Matthew Reidenbaugh with helping him develop as a player.
“He helped push me to be the best and gave me confidence,” Scruggs said. “He knew from the beginning that I could play Power Five college football.”
On Reidenbaugh’s varsity football team, Scruggs and his fellow offensive lineman have a fun ritual before games.
“One of the rituals we do before a game is the starting offensive line all take a bite out of a big pickle,” he said.
With all of Scruggs’ hard work he has gained many D1 offers.
“My family is very supportive about me receiving all these offers,” Scruggs said.
Scruggs isn’t leaning towards a particular college yet but has some aspects he wants in the college he commits to.
“What goes into my decision in choosing a college is how they can develop me, how good their academics are,” Scruggs said. He also wants “a good chance at competing for a national championship.”
Scruggs is planning on cutting down his list of colleges soon and plans on committing towards the end of the school year.
Outside of football, Scruggs plays basketball and throws put and discus in track, but he doesn’t have much free time outside of football.
“Football definitely takes a big toll on my life,” Scruggs said. “It’s because of the time and effort dedicated every day.”
With an important decision on college looming, “I also have to go on visits frequently so that takes up even more time,” Scruggs said, since he hopes to continue playing football after college in the NFL.
