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Da'Shawn Hand After Signing: "Able to Relax and Be a Normal Kid"

Woodbridge High star and future player at University of Alabama speaks to ESPN College Football.

Da'Shawn Hand, one of the nation's top college football prospects, is enjoying life after the national spotlight of recruiting season.

A Woodbridge High senior, Hand signed with University of Alabama last month. He spoke with ESPN College Football. Asked what life is like these days, Hand said, peaceful. 

"Everything has been good. I’ve been able to relax and be a normal kid," he told ESPN. "You don’t get phone calls that often anymore, except from coaches every now and again, but no media attention. Just doing what you usually do before you were noticed."

Read more of the ESPN College Football interview.

Patch spoke with Hand last summer as the recruiting season was getting underway.


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