Former Delmar football player makes it to the NFL

former delmar quarterback makes the cut — getting a spot on an n-f-l practice squad. 47 abc’s dani bozzini has more. a local guy — making it at the highest level of his sport. once a star quarterback at dell-mar high school — alex ellis has now earned himself a spot on the jacksonville jaguars’ practice squad. delmar head coach david hearn says it’s beneficial for everyone. 18:38:16 he’s just a great role model for our two schools–for this entire community and salisbury–everyone in the area– hes one of those they can see he’s one of us 18:38:23 track two better known as skitter — ellis started under center for dell-mar his junior and senior years — before moving on to the university of tennessee. by the time he graduated — he was a scholarship player. after college — skitter took the logical next step — trying to prove himself at the professional level — first signed by the titans and now the jaguars — hearn says his success is because of two things– hard work and perserverence– 18:36:22 its just fantastic–you just–its one of those rudy stories but but even better cause he didn’t just get to play one play at the end of his senior year-he played and scored touchdowns, the whole deal–hes lived the dreams a far as a delmar football player 18:36:36 track three despite skitter’s successes — he hasn’t lost touch of where it all began– ellis trained with the delmar football team this summer– coach hearn says it means a lot — it’s not everyday that freshmen and sophomores get to workout with an nfl player — 18:39:06 and that helps motivate some other kids come out and see look at this–he’s busting his tail–he’s working hard–he’s already at a certain level–there’s no being satisfied with that–so he’s a great role model in just about anything 18:39:18 track four and it certainly motivated senior quarterback jimmy adkins– 18:44:34 he always keeps my motivation going–like i see everybody things delmar is a small town-nobody can do anything–and he proved them all wrong 19:44:39 coach hearn says skitter is a one of a kind player and no one is more deserving of success. and we wish the best of luck to him as he continues in his career. and as we mentioned before– some very breezy