Firebrands
Hakeem Beaumont is 26 and has played 72 games. He had never had a day like this one: 250 yards, past his old best of 143.
The ledger, after four seasons: 5,831 yards, thirty-three scores. None of the others were this good. He has done it in two buildings.
Twenty-six, and Bellwether, Ohio before that. Around the building he keeps his own counsel and his own hours. The route here: a first-round pick out of Belmont Tech, and everybody saw it coming.
Firebrands are 9-3 through thirteen weeks. Crash Cavanaugh is in year three of it.
Beaumont does the crossword in the locker room before he dresses.