For Darryl Brown, few football players stand out like Alonza Barnett III, a talent brimming with the tools for success.
Brown witnessed Barnett’s talent firsthand while serving as his coach at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, N.C. The pair would help lead the Whirlies to the NCHSAA Class 4A State Championship in 2020, with Barnett earning MVP honors along the way.
Even five years later, the admiration for his former player can be heard in Brown’s voice.
“He’s a winner and one of the nicest, most polite young men you’ll ever meet,” Brown recently told the Sentinel.