What Brock Purdy has done for the San Franscisco 49ers in the last two games isn't shocking to those who saw him in high school at Gilbert Perry.
There is Brock Purdy on Sunday rolling right, suddenly stopping to dodge a rusher, stepping up to deliver a first-down pass. There he is dropping back, ducking a defender, moving left, then right and sprinting to the first-down marker. There he is dropping back to pass, under pressure, running up the middle for the touchdown. There he is hitting his receiver in stride for the score.
And yet, those who watched Purdy operate on Valley high school football fields his junior and seniors seasons that made Perry football games the most entertaining Friday nights in the fall, those who know his makeup, how he prepares, the work he puts in, aren't the least bit shocked."I never had an NFL quarterback," said former Perry coach Preston Jones, whose best seasons came with the Purdy brothers, Brock, then Chubba, at quarterback.
Then, two weeks ago, early in the game in Miami against the Dolphins, Garoppolo was carted off with a foot injury. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan turned to Purdy, the 22-year-old, who seized his moment as a true freshman at Iowa State after the starter got injured and never looked back for four years. The 49ers beat the Dolphins with Purdy going 25 of 37 for 210 yards and two TDs with one interception. It came with former Dolphins great Dan Marino in the stadium. Purdy's first game he ever saw as a 3-year-old was with Marino playing quarterback for the Dolphins. Purdy grew up loving football and wanted to wear Marino's No. 13.
"They just worry about the drill at hand, the task at hand that day, and everything else will take care of itself."In the 2016 state quarterfinals, his junior year, Purdy, going up against childhood friend Tyler Shough and Chandler Hamilton, pulled out a 63-60 overtime thriller by passing for 317 yards and five TDs and rushing for 136 yards.
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