Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Football - Pennsylvania

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FOOTBALL

Julian Fleming

Wide Receiver
SOUTHERN COLUMBIA AREA HS
CATAWISSA , PENNSYLVANIA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

1448

Receiving yards

21

Receiving touchdowns

68

Passes caught
“Fleming is the most dynamic player I’ve coached against or seen play in Pennsylvania in recent memory. He’s a big, strong and explosive quick-twitch athlete with breakaway speed. He catches the ball over the middle too and he’s not afraid to take a hit.”
Henry Hynoski
Head Coach Head coach at Shamokin Area High
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Athletic Excellence

At the time of his selection, the 6-foot-2, 200-pound senior wide receiver had led the Tigers to a 15-0 record and a berth in the Class 2A state championship game. The state’s returning Gatorade Football Player of the Year, Fleming caught 68 passes for 1,448 yards and 21 touchdowns through 15 games. The state career record holder for TD receptions and receiving yards, he is a two-time Class 2A Player of the Year, ranks as the nation’s No. 4 recruit in the Class of 2020 as rated by ESPN and has been selected to play in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game.

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Academic Achievement

Fleming has maintained a B-plus average in the classroom. He has verbally committed to play football on scholarship at Ohio State University next fall.

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Exemplary Character

Also a basketball and track standout, Fleming has volunteered locally on behalf of a soup kitchen and youth sports programs.