High school football: Hampshire's Jared Hornbeck the Athlete of the Week

Jared Hornbeck

Hampshire, WR

Height: 6 feet

Weight: 170 pounds

Class: Junior

Hampshire receiver Jared Hornbeck caught six passes for 103 yards and two touchdowns in the Whip-Purs’ 26-0 win over Woodstock. For his strong performance, readers of the Northwest Herald  voted Hornbeck the Week 9 Football Player of the Week.

Do you have any pre-game rituals? Usually I go to my quarterback Jake Vincent’s house for food, then we play one game of NCAA football.

If you could invite three people to dinner, who would you invite? Walter Payton, Michael Jordan and John F. Kennedy.

Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi

Do you have any nicknames? My family calls me Bubba. When I was a baby, I was really oversized, so they thought it was a good fit.

Who is the funniest player on your team? Probably our center, Matt Kielbasa. He’s always making me laugh.

If they named a sandwich after you, what would it be called and what would be on it? I’d call it the Whip-Pur. It would be a buffalo chicken sandwich with lettuce, cucumber and spinach.

If you had to fill a swimming pool with something other than water, what would you fill it with? Blue Sour Patch Kids

If you weren’t a football player, what would you do? I’d probably have a job or something.

Who is your hero? My mom and dad. My dad has been in the Army for more than 25 years. He’s been deployed more than five times.

What is your proudest sports moment? My freshman year we went 2-7 and our sophomore year we turned it around and went 6-3.

– Mike DeFabo

mdefabo@shawmedia.com