Need inspiration... what do i do to move on in the sport im most passionate about???

Question

i go to a REALLY small school (126 students) and i play football. ive played as quarterback nosegaurd defensive end linebacker and cornerbqack but i have always been best at runningback.

let me just say this before i get "if you worked as hard as you say you do" as if im arrogant and cocky. i run a 4.8 40, 11.6 100m, squat 405, and bench 215. its not the greatest but at a small school like mine there arent too many options.

i worked ALL summer long on my strength and speed for football. i was in the weightroom everyday our coach had it open and lifted and ran on the days that he didnt. im not from the richest family on earth so my goal is to play football for a small college and hopefully get a full ride or at least my tuition paid.

im the second fastest and by far the strongest kid on the team. so because i thought ahead of high school football and knew i would have be strong to play runningback at the college level i began lifting religiously.

now the kid who is a "senior" (i am a junior) is playing runningback and the coach wants me as CENTER. so i ran, ALL summer EVERYDAY just to be put as center because of a kid who just walked on wanted to play. the coach even said at the end of last year that you had to at least make 2 paractices a week in the summer.

i made all 3 a week and sometimes if we just lifted i would go run after that and the days we werent practicing i would be out there running.

i need comforting please dont be a jerk.

im not sugar coding everything. i can understand the other kid playing runningback he is just a wee bit faster than i.

any stories to give me some inspiration to keep on going???

i am 5 6 and weigh 170 pounds

Answer 1

I know I'm supposed make you feel better, but you have to see it from the other guy's point of view too. There has to be a reason he just came and wanted to play. It's his last year, and you still have another year. It's usually (if not always), in the older guy's (or girl's) favor in high school sports. If you keep going at it with everything you do (without over working yourself), you always have next year, that guy doesn't...unless he gets held back...but that's besides the point. You should ask your coach what you can do to improve and make it as runningback next year.

I'm really sorry that that happened, and hopefully things turn out ok.  

Answer 2

that reminds me of one of my friends..he graduated this past year and is now playing or going to play for a college team..for basketball though not football....but the stories are similar..he started working out ath teh end of his sophmore year and in his junior he was way stronger and faster but still got passed up for seniors for positions he wanted and just played where coach told him to, so noone really saw his full potential ; but he didnt quit and continued working out and come his senior year he blew everyone away and i believe got several scholarship offers