cort bradley
By Hannah Lester Photos Contributed By Cort Bradley
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ort Bradley will graduate from Auburn High School as a football player and a pilot. Bradley has been an Auburn native all his life, and won’t be leaving anytime soon. In fact, he’s trading one ‘tigers’ school for another — he’ll be playing football for Auburn University in the fall. The graduating senior began his football career in kindergarten, playing flag football at Wrights Mill. “I think the dream started my freshman year, but I think it became a reality my sophomore year,”
Bradley said. “I started my sophomore year; I was the only kid in my grade that got the chance to. It was a lot of fun, I had a lot of great coaches who just really made me love the game.” Bradley said he made a lot of friends through the sport, not just in Auburn High School, but across the country. “It’s really opened up my whole world,” he said. But football is not Bradley’s only passion. He also got his pilot’s license last summer during the start of the pandemic. “I really love to fly,” he said. “My brother and my
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