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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 261 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Mitchell |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR0261 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 003643 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to honor Jared Curtis, outstanding quarterback |
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| 13 | 13 | | for the Nashville Christian School state- |
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| 14 | 14 | | champion football team. |
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| 15 | 15 | | |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, the members of this General Assembly take great pleasure in recognizing a |
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| 17 | 17 | | young man who, having already achieved great success in high school football, will most |
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| 18 | 18 | | certainly continue to shine on the gridiron as a senior and excel in all aspects of life during a |
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| 19 | 19 | | bright future; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Jared Curtis, junior quarterback for state-champion Nashville Christian |
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| 21 | 21 | | School (NCS), is a five-star college prospect who is nationally ranked as the number-one |
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| 22 | 22 | | quarterback for the 2026 class, the number-four player overall, and the number-one player |
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| 23 | 23 | | overall in Tennessee by 247Sports Composite and is ranked as the number-one player in the |
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| 24 | 24 | | nation for the class of 2026 by other national recruiting services; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Jared Curtis received the 2024 Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award, the |
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| 26 | 26 | | Gatorade Tennessee Player of the Year Award, the 615Preps Player of the Year Award, and |
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| 27 | 27 | | the MaxPreps Tennessee Player of the Year Award and was named a MaxPreps Junior All- |
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| 28 | 28 | | American in recognition of his awe-inspiring performance as both a passer and a rusher; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, although these accolades are much-deserved, Jared Curtis is quite self- |
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| 30 | 30 | | effacing about his accomplishments, and he plays not for the fame but for his teammates, his |
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| 31 | 31 | | coaches, his school, and for the love of the game; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, during the 2024 season, Jared completed 70 percent of his passes for |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2,830 yards and passed for 40 touchdowns; he also rushed for 637 yards and 18 touchdowns, |
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| 34 | 34 | | compiling 3,647 total yards; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | - 2 - 003643 |
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| 39 | 39 | | WHEREAS, for his three-year career, he has compiled an amazing 9,328 yards and 130 |
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| 40 | 40 | | total touchdowns; and |
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| 41 | 41 | | WHEREAS, an even more impressive barometer of Jared's talent is his knack for playing |
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| 42 | 42 | | lights out in big games; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHEREAS, he led the NCS Eagles to the 2024 TSSAA Division II-A state championship |
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| 44 | 44 | | with a 12-1 record that was built upon an average of 48 points scored per game and an average |
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| 45 | 45 | | margin of victory of 37 points; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | WHEREAS, in the 2024 BlueCross Bowl, Jared Curtis propelled NCS to the Division II-A |
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| 47 | 47 | | state championship by rushing for 60 yards and four touchdowns and passing for 158 yards and |
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| 48 | 48 | | two additional touchdowns in an incredible display of athletic ability and competitive drive; and |
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| 49 | 49 | | WHEREAS, in less than a week, he led his team to the state championship and won two |
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| 50 | 50 | | major individual awards; and |
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| 51 | 51 | | WHEREAS, a well-rounded and compassionate young man, Jared Curtis has |
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| 52 | 52 | | volunteered in support of the Ronald McDonald House and the Cozy Sock drive that benefits |
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| 53 | 53 | | Vanderbilt Children's Hospital; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | WHEREAS, Jared Curtis has distinguished himself as one of the most gifted football |
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| 55 | 55 | | players and quarterbacks in the nation, and he is richly deserving of our approbation on this |
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| 56 | 56 | | special occasion; now, therefore, |
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| 57 | 57 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED |
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| 58 | 58 | | FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE |
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| 59 | 59 | | CONCURRING, that we recognize Jared Curtis as an elite quarterback and five-star college |
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| 60 | 60 | | recruit, pay tribute to his exemplary 2024 season in which he led the Nashville Christian School |
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| 61 | 61 | | Eagles to the Division II-A state championship, congratulate him on the many prestigious |
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| 62 | 62 | | awards he has received, and wish him all the best for the 2025 football season. |
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| 65 | 65 | | - 3 - 003643 |
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| 67 | 67 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 68 | 68 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to |
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| 69 | 69 | | the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear |
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| 70 | 70 | | without House or Senate designation. |
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