Choctaw County junior Brian Threadgill is following in his brother's footsteps athletically and hopes to follow his parents professionally.
Adam Threadgill is a 2018 Choctaw County graduate who played football and baseball for the Chargers and is now a sophomore at Millsaps College on the football team. Brian plays the same sports for Choctaw County as a linebacker in football and a pitcher and outfielder on the diamond.
“I definitely took after him and followed in this footsteps,” the younger brother said.
The medical field is something of a family business and Threadgill's ultimate goal is to be a doctor. His father is a hospital administrator and his mother a surgical nurse.
He started playing baseball at a young age in T-ball, and didn't start football until the seventh grade. But football is his favorite sport.
“It seems like it brings more out of you when you are on the field. You get more with your teammates through summer workouts and long practices.”
He was praised by both of his coaches. Baseball coach Andy Young called Threadgill “a hard nosed kid. Brian will run through a brick wall for you. It doesn't matter the situation, he's going to compete for you.”
Football coach Jeff Roberts said “He's a really smart player when it comes to knowing where to be. He's going to do what you ask him to do.”
Roberts added that Threadgill is one of the best students on his team. “He takes care of it in the school setting as well as in the athletic setting.”
Threadgill played a key role in the Chargers' Region 4-3A football championship in the fall as the team's leading tackler with 130.
In baseball, Young said he has improved as a pitcher. “He was always a fast ball type of pitcher. One day we were rained out and we were in our indoor facility and he worked on his breaking ball. He worked on it and worked on it until he got it.
“Brian has always had kind of a rubber arm for me. He can throw multiple days in a row and it never seems to bother him.”
“I like being on the mound,” Threadgill said. “It seems like I have more control of the game. More than in the outfield.”
He's disappointed that the baseball season had a premature ending, but is keeping in shape in a weight room at his house. “I'm telling all my teammates to do what they can.”
He would like to play both sports at the college level. “That would be a dream come true.”
He plans to major in biology when he gets to college, with a goal of being a family doctor.
“I kind of enjoy helping other people. I could do my best for the community in the medical field.”
