Blake, you see, is a 5-foot-2 senior who, if he gets a good meal, might tip the scales at 200 pounds. For an offensive lineman at a school the size of Hillsborough, Blake is one of the smallest players in the state. He has no fantasies of playing college football because he knows guys his size just don’t get those kind of chances, not even in Division III.
“It’s a physical impossibility for Thumb Drive to play at the next level,” Garcia said. “But if it wasn’t for his spirit, it would be a physical impossibility for him to play even at this level.”