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Copperheads · week 6 · 1981

Wheels McKinley has 164 and a story

Chip Nutbeam, hot take

Wheels McKinley QB
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Wheels McKinley was the son of a man who played eleven years at the same position and just put up 164 YARDS. This is the best thing that has happened all season. Two of them found the end zone, in game 6 of his season. It counts the same as anybody else's.

Across five seasons: 9,620 yards from scrimmage, 163 touchdowns, ninety-four games. He got to 2,348 once. Not this time. He has done it in two buildings.

Two Rivers, Michigan is where he is from. He is thirty. Ask anybody: he says almost nothing and is listened to anyway.

Copperheads, 2-4, and six weeks gone. Percy Petty is new.

One more thing: he will not step on the painted logo at midfield.

This feature ran in the paper in week 6 of 1981. The rest of the season is there too.

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