2024 Interview with 6'3 and 225 pounds Tayshawn Parm from Gahanna Lincoln


 Note: Gahanna players, for the most part including two of their coaches have been great about giving me interviews. I just wanted to take the time to thank them for their time.

Tayshawn Parm

Gahanna Lincoln High School

Tight end, slot, and edge rusher/outside linebacker

2025

Height and weight

6'3 and 225 pounds 

What are your personal goals for the 2024 season?

Some personal goals I have for the season are: I want to go all-OCC, all-conference, and all-state. I also want to have 45+ receptions for over 600 yards.

What goals are you setting for your team?

As a team, I just want us to be the best version of ourselves we can be. I want us to get better week by week and mature as the season goes on. I feel like if we can do that, the sky is the limit.

Which position do you feel you are best suited to play?

Tight end 

Would you rather play your rival in the opening week or in week ten? Explain

Definitely week ten. I feel like, for one, we’re at our best, and a big win will carry on to the first week of the playoffs, and I feel like it’ll just mean a lot more.

Run blocking or pass blobking—which is harder for you to do?

Run blocking 

The Lions have been so close to getting to the state final game. What will the 2024 team have to do better this season to achieve that goal?

I feel like this year, to take that big step over the road, we’re going to have to run on high motors every game and play every down like the person in front of you is an NFL player. I feel like when we take teams for granted and say, "Yk, it doesn’t matter; we won anyways, I feel like it’s a wasted week. I just feel like if every week we’re better than the last, we will go as far as winning it all.

What camps have you gone to so far, along with the biggest things you are learning at them?

I've camped at Saint Francis and Kent State. What I’ve learned so far is that you only get one chance to make a good first impression, so make the most of it and work your butt off.

What is the strongest part of your game?

The strongest part of my game is probably my knowledge of the game itself—what angle I can take to cut off a blocker and what leverage I can use on the linebacker to run this route but make him think I’m running this one. I just feel like I’m always a couple steps ahead of my opponent.

Which part of your game must you improve on the most to be a better player this season?

I feel like the biggest thing I want to work on this year is finishing every single block. I want people to turn on my film and be like, Jeez, that guy is nasty and doesn’t quit.

After the season is over, if you have earned a bid to one of the all-star games, will you play? Explain

As of right now, I’m planning on graduating in the fall and going and playing spring ball, so I probably will not be able to do so.

Who is the best player that you have faced in a game, along with the team he played for?

The best player I ever played against was my sophomore year when I played for Reynoldsburg, but thankfully I was grateful enough to team up with him a year later, my former teammate Diore Hubbard Gahanna Lincoln High School.

Who is the one teammate who is most likely to do something funny when things are a little tense at practice?

We’re only a couple practices in, but thinking back to last year, it was definitely my guy. Jake Grimm 

What is your go-to snack?

Pretzels 

Have you ever gone to a Buckeyes football game?

I went to Ohio State vs. Penn State in 2015.

What are your plans after high school?

After high school, I plan to play football and major in sports management. where ???    I haven’t gotten that far yet.

 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

2024 Interview with the powerfully talented K’Vuone McNeal from Canton McKinley

Image
  K’Vuone McNeal Canton McKinley  Defensive End/Outside LB 2025 6’3 235 What are your goals for the Bulldogs for the 2024 season? Play every game as a team, with everyone doing their job. The whole team gives one hundred percent at practice and in the weight room every single day. Players on the team lifting our guys up during games Get better and better each week and win the state title. What are your personal goals for the season? Break the school sack record. be the top-ranked defensive end in Ohio. Help my team make it to the state title. Continue to lead on and off the field. Stay healthy all season. How long have you been the long snapper, and how did you get into playing that position? I have been playing long snapper for 2 years, and I started playing it because my big brother Cynceir McNeal played it when he came here, and he inspired me to start playing long snapper. You are also a linebacker and a tight end. Of those two positions, which one do you feel y...
Read more

Semi Pro: Columbus Fire 8 Port City Spartans 0 (Game called in the third because of fighting)

Image
  Yesterday I drove to Portsmouth and met up with my friend Bill Norman after dinner at The Portsmouth Brewing Company before driving over to Spartan Stadium to watch the semi-pro football game and watch the Port City Spartans host the Columbus Fire. I have been to over 1,500 football games, or close to that amount, and I can say none of them prepared me for what I ended up seeing. The stadium had one set of lights that did not work at all that I had seen before (Jackson State University). One pole had a light missing, and another pole had one single light that did not work at all on the visitor's side, making the field dark. I saw a fan on the Spartans side of the field standing with the players vaping, and I saw a player setting on the bench for most of the game also vaping. The game itself was stopped once when the refs walked off the field for what one player on the Spartans said was because a Columbus player said something about going after the ref with a gun. Then a fight bro...
Read more

2024 Interview with Miller High School Quarterback, free safety Logan Doughty

Image
  Logan Doughty Miller High School Quarterback, free safety 2025 6,2 170 lbs What are some of the awards you have won or earned? Two times first team all MSL, two times first team all district, two times honorable mention all Ohio What were the high and low points of the 2023 season? I’d say a high point would be doubling our wins from the 2022 season. Some low points would be losing three close games that would’ve given us a higher seed in tournament play and not being able to win a playoff game. What are your personal goals for the 2024 season? 1,500 rushing yards and 1,000 passing yards, 25 rushing touchdowns, and 15 passing touchdowns. How long have you played football, along with the reasons you continue to play? I have been playing football for 11 years. Football clicked as soon as I put the pads on; there’s something about it that I can’t get enough of. I’d say the reason I continue to play is my love for the game. Who or what got you interested in playing footb...
Read more