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yuiyoshida

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Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:43 AM Jun 2014

Shelby Osborne - First Ever Female College Defensive Back





Meet Shelby Osborne, college football's first female defensive back

Shelby Osborne will be attending Campbellsville University in Kentucky next year to play football. She answered SB Nation's questions about how she got into football, her recruiting process and what she expects in her first season of college football.

Last week, Shelby Osborne of Jeffersonville High School in Indiana made history when she committed to play football for Campbellsville University, becoming the first female defensive back in college football history.

Osborne, listed at 5'6, 140 pounds, has played just one year of football, but served as JV captain and appeared in JV games playing cornerback, safety, wide receiver and gunner on the punt return team. She also appeared at cornerback in five varsity games. And football isn't all she does. She was active in her school's drama department and even wrote a play called "Backwoods Football."

She's on course to become only the second woman to play a non-specialist position in college football -- several others have played placekicker.

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/6/10/5796286/shelby-osborne-woman-college-football-player
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Shelby Osborne - First Ever Female College Defensive Back (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jun 2014 OP
Good for her. I hope she does well. justhanginon Jun 2014 #1

justhanginon

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1. Good for her. I hope she does well.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 11:17 AM
Jun 2014

I had to smile as it made me remember from 100 years ago the football coach spying me (fairly big guy) in the hall in high school. He talked me into coming out for football. I did and thought to my self, you could get hurt doing this. After one day that ended my foray into the glories of the athletic world. I did play a mean game of ping pong though. ))))
I really do wish her the best.

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