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Dylan Favre, Brett Favre's Nephew, Is Setting Some Records of His Own

Posted Nov 12, 2008 12:55PM By Shane Bacon (RSS feed)

Filed Under: High School

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Cheyenne Woods and Nick Montana better watch out, because we have a new family member to gush about.

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to Dylan Favre, the nephew of a guy by the name of Brett Favre, who is a junior quarterback at Bay Saint Louis (Miss.) St. Stanislaus and is breaking records like his crazzzzzy uncle.

Dylan has already set a state record with 48 touchdowns this season, including eight on the ground, and might be even more popular on the national recruiting trail were it not for his undersized build. Baby Favre is only 5-foot-10, 180 pounds and is only being lightly recruited by Ole Miss, Southern Miss, UCLA and Notre Dame, which have sent Dylan standard-issue letters.

While Drew Brees continues to break the size mold for NFL quarterbacks (he's listed at 6-foot but I've stood next to the man and he wouldn't be 6-foot on stilts), most quarterbacks these days are between 6-foot-2 and 6-foot-5. It's going to be hard to convince coaches to take a chance on a guy that is already at a disadvantage before ever touching a football.

But, besides the size thing, wouldn't it be great to be Brett Favre's nephew?!? Your uncle is awesome, meaning everyone around the country must LOVE and respect you, right? I'm sure he's having a lot of fun playing quarterback in high school, right? Right? ... Anyone?

Because of his last name, comparisons to his uncle follow Favre around the clock. Few newspaper articles are written without mentioning Favre's bloodlines (his father, like Brett, played quarterback at Hancock North Central under their father, the late Irvin Favre). And the opposition usually is hungry to "knock me out," the low-key Favre said.

"Expectations," he said, "are high."

Oh, so the opposing teams are going that way. I see what they are doing. The other teams are jealous you have such an awesome and accurate uncle so they want to knock you out to make themselves feel better. You know what? High school kids are just mean.


Tags: Brett+Favre, BrettFavre, Cheyenne+Woods, CheyenneWoods, Drew+Brees, DrewBrees, Dylan+Favre, DylanFavre, Nick+Montana, NickMontana

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