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When Elias Redlew was 14 years old and a freshman putting on football pads for the first time to try to impress his parents at home, he didn’t know what he was doing.

“I didn’t know how much range of movement I’d have or how it would affect my speed,” he said.

His father tried to help him.

“I walked outside and hit the door and he said, ‘You’re going to have to get used to the pads.’”

Redlew, 6 feet 2 and 185 pounds, has gotten as comfortable wearing pads as Superman wearing a red cape.

He has become a three-sport standout at San Pedro High with a 4.7 grade-point average. He was the City Section Open Division offensive player of the year as a junior receiver. This season, he has

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