Elijah Tidwell is a senior student-athlete at Independence, and has committed to Campbell University where he will continue his football career and compete at the D1 level.
Q. What is your full name?
A. Elijah Tidwell
Q. What Grade are you in?
A. 12th
Q. Where did you commit to for college?
A. I committed to Campbell University.
Q. How long have you been playing your sport for?
A. I have been playing the sport for 6 years. I started in 6th grade, didn’t play in 7th, and have played every year since.
Q. What has your athletic career looked like?
A. I’ve played almost every sport but absolutely loved football my first time playing it. I’ve had a lot of hardships, but overall I stuck with the game that I love.
Q. When did you decide that committing for a sport was something you wanted to do?
A. Freshman year is when I found out the love I had for the sport and that I would want to go as far as I could in the sport to get better and better myself in athletics.
Q. Do you have a favorite memory from this sport?
A. Winning the homecoming game this year against Heritage High School.
Q. What are you most looking forward to in college (sports or academics)?
A. Meeting the new teammates and becoming part of the brotherhood of players and getting new experiences and learning what I want to do in my career path.