Justin Walley Receives Mr. Football Honor While Home For Spring Break

Thursday afternoon former D’Iberville defensive back Justin Walley took a break from the rigors of Division I football off-season training for a homecoming celebration in which the Warrior’s Swiss Army Knife was presented with the 2020 6A Mr. Football award.

The honor is given to one high school football player from the entire state in each division.

Walley received the distinction following his standout performance all over the field during his 2020 season.

In his senior season, Walley tallied 106 carries for 1,005 yards, 28 receptions for 329 yards, and 21 touchdowns, while also accounting for two interceptions, three blocked kicks, and a forced fumble on the other side of the ball.

In December Walley put ink to paper signing with Golden Gophers and made the move to the land of 10,000 lakes to begin classes in January.

“It means a lot, you know, just to see people from your  hometown really care about you and support in whatever you’re doing. So the award really means a lot to me.” 

“I still– I’ve been up there three months and still haven’t learned the whole playbook yet, so I couldn’t imagine coming in July and how hard it would be then. But just like catching up to the game speed and building all the chemistry with your teammates is a big difference, so it helped a lot with that,” said Walley.

Walley says he’s mostly been practicing at cornerback and on kick off returns. He also says that he’s just trying to get on the field as much as he can.