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The Oglethorpe Echo
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Bonds grows in his
first year at Shorter
By Owen Warden
The Oglethorpe Echo
KB Bonds has found a new
home.
The former Oglethorpe County
multi-sport star recently finished
his first season as a defensive line
man at Shorter University, a Divi
sion II program in Rome.
Bonds played all four years at
OCHS, but despite his experience,
his transition to college wasn???t the
smoothest. He received an early
wake-up call during film study.
???The first game, we had San
ford (and) I was watching film on
the guys, and I was kind of dozing
off,??? he said. ???As I watched the
film, I kind of woke up and I???m
looking and I see Georgia Bull
dogs on the field. I???m like, ???Man,
these boys played Georgia,??? so I???m
kind of nervous.???
The video was from Georgia???s
33-0 win over Sanford in 2022.
Bonds ??? who is 6-foot-l, 290
pounds ??? was suddenly faced
with players far bigger than him
self.
He said when he got his first op
portunity, he felt the need to prove
himself, but when the 6-7 offen
sive lineman came off the ball and
hit him, he had his welcome-to-
the-league moment and knew that
???I can???t beat him with my old tech
nique stuff.???
While Bonds saw the field as
a freshman, the transition wasn???t
smooth.
He no longer had a coach pick
ing him up if he made a mistake.
He no longer had a coach stand
ing outside a classroom and telling
him to watch film.
Instead, Bonds said he was
treated ???like a grown man??? by his
coaches and was held accountable
when he didn???t meet his responsi
bilities.
???I had to adapt,??? he said. ???I
started falling off and I got moved
down the depth chart from being
lazy. I went in thinking I???d walk
in and get my spot, but I realized I
had to work for it, and that???s what
happened. During the last week
of fall camp, I worked for it and
KB Bonds
moved up the depth chart a lot.???
Bonds played in nine games
and finished with two solo tackles,
eight total tackles, one-half sack
and one-half tackle for loss.
He said he learned from players
like graduate senior Bruce Guy
ton Jr. and senior defensive line
man Tony Bethea, and found him
self comparing his stats to those of
his teammates.
Bonds credited his coaches, no
tably associate head coach and de
fensive coordinator Harlen Jacobs
and defensive line coach Azar Wil
son for helping him grow as a
player. Bonds said weekly conver
sations helped him prepare and ad
just to the collegiate game.
???Those guys have been at big
universities,??? Bonds said. ???Coach
Wilson is coming from Alabama
and Coach Jacobs played at Ohio
State. They know the game (and)
they???re not only trying to teach
you your position, they???re trying
to teach you the game. They want
you to know what everybody on
the field is doing, not just what
you got to do.???
Bonds has set simple goals for
next season: Grow as a leader and
simply get better.
???I got to get better, honestly,???
he said. ???So many NFL scouts are
at practice, and they make you
(think) my dream is so close, and
I want to achieve it. So, all I want
to do is get better and work harder
day by day.???
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