Growing up in Fall River, Cooper Long didn't play youth football.

That all changed when he was approached by his father Daniel. As a freshman, Long tried out for Durfee football and made the team. From there, his love for the game and skill level grew each year.

"I wasn't very good as a freshman, I'll be honest," Long said. "I was bigger than everyone else, which made it easier, but I was never amazing, obviously. It was more like I love the ability to have that contact in sports. I'm a physical person when it comes to sports, so it helps translate my athletic ability."

Long, who currently plays for New England Prep School Salisbury in Connecticut, recently signed last week with NCAA Division 1 Atlantic Coast Conference school Wake Forest during National Signing Day. The Fall River nati

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