Dewayne Washington played in the NFL for 12 years. He was an all-American cornerback at N.C. State and a high school All-American at Northern Durham High.
Yet, he says, one of the greatest honors he has ever received was a hug. The embrace came from one of the seniors on his Wake Forest Heritage High School football team after a season-ending loss.
The Huskies won the school’s first football playoff game ever this season and finished 11-3. But rival Wake Forest High, which went on to win the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4AA championship game last Saturday, ended Heritage’s season in the playoffs, 35-20.