Dekker Zelensek was a late starter to football, with good reason.

The Oswego senior’s mom did not allow her only child to play at a younger age. Instead Zelensek played soccer for eight years. The most aggressive kid on the soccer field, that style foreshadowed his athletic future.

Zelensek finally got the chance to try football in eighth grade.

“I thought, I can’t be hitting people on the soccer field. I like contact. I want to hit people,” Zelensek said. “It was a lot of convincing my mom. I told her I want to play football, all my friends are doing it, I’m built for it. I asked her every single day and she finally gave in.”

Soccer’s loss is Oswego football’s gain.

Zelensek played running back and defensive end at first, but found a home at the former position.

Last season Zelens

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