2025 Season ending interview with Grady Fast from Alliance and Mount Union commit

Name: Grady Fast

School/town: Alliance High School

Positions played: TE/D-End

Class of 2026

Height and Weight—6’2, 257

Jersey Number: 32

Awards won or earned: 3-year letterman

2 captains awards

WHBC 2025 Team MVP

HUDL LINK: https://www.hudl.com/v/2TDQs6

Other sports played: 2 years of baseball

1 year of basketball

Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you. 

 This part of the game stuck out to me because after a great win you get to celebrate it with all your friends and family who came out to watch!

What do you believe your biggest moment as a high school football player was?

 Playing with both of my brothers on the field. This is not very common at our high school—to play with your older and younger brother!

Of all the wins you were part of, which one meant the most?

 Beating our rivals, the Marlington Dukes, for 4 years in a row

What was the biggest lesson that you have learned from playing sports?

This sport is just a game, but it teaches you about the goals in life that you want to achieve and be successful at.

What were your feelings as you walked off the field for the last time as a high school football player?

Sadness but also pride because I hope my class left a standard that will stay with this program further in the future!

What are you going to miss the most from playing high school football?

The atmosphere that we played in just pumped me up more than anything out there!

Who was the best player that you faced in a game, as well as the team he was on?

Everyone we played against had some great players, but two players that stuck out were Arthur Scott and Gavin Gregory.

What was the best part of playing high school football for Alliance High School?

The culture is different from any other school around, and the bonds you build with the school and the faculty and the families that are around!

What makes you a good teammate?

I listen to what the other players are saying and not make my way always happen.

Why should a college coach recruit you?

I love football, and I think some guys just play because they like football, but I love this sport, and this will become my family, not just a team.

What was the best part of the recruiting process?

It is just exciting seeing the college coaches that have watched you and seen the amazing stuff that I have succeeded at!

What was the toughest part of the recruiting process?

Finding the right school that fits me

Would you share with the readers some of the schools that recruited you?

Mount Union

Ohio Northern

Capital

Marietta

Can you share with the readers where you are going to play college football, as well as the biggest reason you are committed to going there?

I am committed to the University of Mount Union, and I decided to go there because it is in town, Mount Union is known for winning, Coach Dartt has a winning program, and everyone that comes out of that program is very successful!

If you are invited to play in any of the all-star games, will you? Explain

Unfortunately, no, because I have to get surgery from playing on a broken foot for the last 3 games of the year.

What is your favorite class or subject?

My favorite class is history because I am very interested in the wars and our past history.

Who are your role models?

The people that stepped on that field before me and the people that walked the halls of my high school before me, and I think about how I can make a difference compared to the class above me!

What is a style or fad that your generation has that you do not get or understand?

Some TikTok dances and music people listen to!

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