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Haley Van Voorhis<\/a> made history last weekend when she became the first female football player to play a college football game at a position other than kicker when she appeared for Shenandoah University.<\/p>\n

Colorado football<\/a> head coach Deion Sanders was asked about Van Voorhis coming into the game and had nothing but praise for her.<\/p>\n

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“I\u2019m happy for her. First of all, I\u2019m concerned about her safety. I want to make sure she\u2019s safe,” Sanders said Tuesday. “But I\u2019m sure if she put on the pads, she understands what goes along with that. I believe in equality not just of ethnicity, but gender as well. So I\u2019m all for it. God bless her.”<\/p>\n

Van Voorhis, who stands 5 feet, 6 inches and weighs 145 pounds, spent the last two years playing for the JV team at the university. She was an\u00a0All-State honorable mention<\/a>\u00a0in high school, playing for Christchurch in Virginia.<\/p>\n

She also is a member of the university’s track and field team.<\/p>\n

She became the eighth woman to appear in an NCAA football game and registered a quarterback hurry.<\/p>\n

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Van Voorhis, a junior, was interviewed by ESPN in 2021, and she spoke about being a young woman playing football.<\/p>\n

“There’s definitely people out there who see the story and think, ‘This girl’s going to get hurt,'” she said. “I hear that a lot. Or, ‘She’s too small, doesn’t weigh enough, not tall enough.’ But I’m not the shortest on my team, and I’m not the lightest.”<\/p>\n

Shenandoah coach Scott Yoder praised her work ethic in the interview.<\/p>\n

“What has really helped me has been when you peel everything back, it’s about a young person who wants an opportunity, who works for it and has earned an opportunity,” he said. “For 21 years, I’ve been fortunate to be on the coaching side of that. And at the core of this, it’s no different.”<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Ryan Morik contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/deion-sanders-praises-history-making-female-college-football-player-concerned-her-safety <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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