Mr. Football Ceremony for D'Iberville's Justin Walley

Defensive back Justin Walley spent his spring break collecting some hardware.

Irreplaceable jeff haegar.- this afternoon... former- d'iberville defensive back- justin walley... took a break - from the rigors of division 1 - football off-season training...- for a homecoming- celebration... in which the - warrior's swiss army knife was- presented with the 20-20... - class 6-a... 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 the 20-20 season- in his senior season... walley- tallied 106 carries for one - thousand and five yards... 28 - receptions for 329 yards... and- 21- touchdowns... while also- accounting for 2 interceptions,- 3 - blocked kicks, and a forced - fumble... on the other side of- - - - the ball.

- in december... walley put ink t- paper... signing with the golde- gophers... and made the move to- the land of ten thousand- lakes...- to begin classes in january.- here's what walley had to say - about his newest- accolade... and the transition- of playing... at the next level- - "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 mean- a lot to me."

/ "i still-- i've been up there three - months and still haven't learne- 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 i- a big - difference, so it helped alot - with that."

- walley says he's mostly been- - - practicing at cornerback and on- kick-off returns... and that- he's just trying to get on- the field