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ESPN announced the matchups for the final week of their 2020 GEICO High School Football Showcase on October 23, and one of the games will feature a future Florida Gator, four-star strongside defensive end Tyreak Sapp.
A senior at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, Sapp and his Raider teammates will host the American Heritage Patriots at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, November 6 on ESPN.
In addition to Sapp, St. Thomas Aquinas fields four-star defensive end Dallas Turner, an Alabama Crimson Tide commit, and inside linebacker Jaydon Hood, a fellow four-star who has pledged to the Michigan Wolverines.
The Raiders play their home games at Brian Piccolo Stadium. Piccolo, who graduated from the school in 1961, when it was still known as Central Catholic High School, went on to earn Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year honors with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in 1964 and player five seasons in the National Football League with the Chicago Bears.
Unfortunately, Piccolo passed in June 1970 at the age of only 26 due to cancer. His friendship with backfield mate Gale Sayers was chronicled in the 1971 made-for-TV film, Brian’s Song.
The other game on ESPN’s final week slate will feature two schools from Oklahoma, the Booker T. Washington Hornets at the Bixby Spartans at 8 p.m. ET the day prior, Thursday, November 5.
Bixby captured their second consecutive Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) state championship in 2019, while one of Booker T. Washington’s standout players will also be taking his talents to the Southeastern Conference, 2021 three-star cornerback Keuan Parker, an Arkansas Razorbacks commit.
According to the 247Sports Composite, Sapp is the fourth highest-rated prospect in Florida’s upcoming class, trailing only Miami Palmetto teammates, five-star cornerback Jason Marshall, Jr. and four-star safety Corey Collier, and Birmingham, Alabama four-star weakside defensive end Jeremiah Williams.
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