Moe Skeeter’s upbringing on his family’s modest peanut farm in Selma, Alabama caused Moe to not make it past the seventh grade with regard to his education. The constant work that needed to be done around the family farm made it necessary to forego his education just to make sure he and the rest of the Skeeter family had enough food on the table and money in the bank. This led Moe to go out for local Pop Warner football teams until they no longer offered teams or leagues for the high school age ranges. After a mishap at the farm, Moe showed incredible speed and power by wrestling the families full grown bull, Ferdinand, to the ground. This story gained notoriety in the areas surrounding area which caused interest from the local semi-pro team to take an interest in Moe as a defensive lineman. Once a part of the local team, Moe quickly became the premiere defensive end in the semi-prop league and slaughtered every quarterback he encountered. Moe’s dominating performance as defensive end came to an abrupt end when the team’s free safety went down with a severed ankle following a collision between two offensive linemen on an interception. Moe used this opening to change positions from end to free safety. While Moe was not quite as dominate as a safety, his performance helped to carry his team to the league’s championship where Moe got 5 interceptions which two were returned for touchdowns. Such a crushing performance in a game with such high stakes, all but sealed Moe’s ascension from petty local semi-pro teams, to the DSFL. This choice to play for a semi-pro team was unconventional, but it was a crucial step for Moe to make his way into the DSFL and hopefully to the ISFL.
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