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Ayden Pereira

Quarterback
CENTRAL CATHOLIC HS
LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-0
Press Release

Peak Performance

2823

Passing Yards

34

Passing Touchdowns

790

Rushing Yards
“ Ayden is a great player who has really evolved into a complete quarterback. He is a dual threat as a runner and thrower. He makes every throw a high school quarterback needs to make.”
Tom Ryan
Head Coach - head coach of Methuen High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot, 190-pound senior quarterback passed for 2,823 yards and 34 touchdowns this past season, leading the Raiders (12-2) to the Division 1 Super Bowl. He also rushed for 790 yards and 14 scores, averaging 6.4 yards per carry. A two-time Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic, he was the 2020 Boston Herald Offensive Player of the Year.

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Academic Achievement

Pereira has maintained a weighted 3.87 GPA in the classroom. He has verbally committed to play football on scholarship at the University of Maine next fall.

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Exemplary Character

Pereira has volunteered locally with the National Down Syndrome Society.