Arthur Randall has had a passion for the game of football for over a decade.
“I’ve been loving football since my mother signed me up for football when I was 7 years old,” Randall said. “Football has made me a man. It teaches you life lessons.”
Randall was a two-sport star at Pamlico County High School last year, playing both football and basketball.
“Arthur wasn’t afraid of anything,” longtime friend Tarik Davis said. “If somebody was bigger than him on the offensive line, he was like ‘I don’t care. I’m going to bust through them.'”
As the youngest of five children in a single-parent home, things had never come easy for Randall. But his biggest challenge came on April 7.
Randall’s mother, Allison Green, had passed away.
But despite Randall’s loss, there was never any doubt about his next step: going on to college.
“That’s something that she would want me to do,” he said. “She knew I really loved football and hopefully I’ve got a shot to play college ball. She knew that was something I wanted to do and I was going to pursue it.”
“Now she’s gone and that motivates me,” he said. “Everything I do, it’s for her. She’s definitely my guardian angel, and every time I strap up that helmet it’s for her.”
Randall worked hard to get noticed on the field, but the SAT scores proved to be another hurdle.
”It didn’t work out,” Randall said. “I’m not going to lie, I was crying when I got my scores back.”
But when the coaches at Louisburg College got a look at Randall, they gave him the only thing that a young man needs: a shot. Now, Randall’s future looks very bright.
“I’ve just got to go out there and show the coaching staff what I can do and show Division I schools what I can do,” Randall said.
