He's a punter too!

Wow! Just got back from Moorpark's 42-24 victory over Hart where junior Darrell Scott put up some unbelievable numbers. 36 carries, 246 yards, 4 TDs. the kid is the real deal. I've been lucky enough to see almost all of the high-profile running backs in the area over the last few years --Marlon Lucky, C.J. Gable, Marc Tyler, J.J. DiLuigi -- and Scott is right up there with all of them. You'll see this guy playing on Saturdays ... maybe even Sundays someday. He's big (200 pounds), strong and fast (10.8 seconds in the 100) and plays RB like a linebacker. And with a massive offensive line to run behind, 2,000 yards isn't out of the question this year.

His best run of the night though, was a 5-yard gain. Scott is also Moorpark's punter. He's good at that too, averaging about 45 yards and punt with great hangtime on his lefty kicks. But on his second punt of the night, he fumbled the snap.

Three Hart defenders closed in on him, ready to drop him for a 15 yard loss. Scott wasn't having it. he scooped the ball up, broke about five tacklers, hurdled another, cut across the field and gained five yards from the line of scrimmage, nearly getting the first down.

Down the hall in the press box, I heard Moorpark's normally serious offensive coordinator John Kidder exclaim, ``Oh my gosh! What was that!''

That ... was Darrell Scott. Appropriately nicknamed ``The Franchise'' by his teammates.