re: Is 400 Push-ups in an Hour Considered an Extreme Workout for a TX 6A Football Program?

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Junior Brady Luff, a captain of the team, spoke with WFAA to defend Harrell and the coaching staff as questions remain about what happened. "Heath football, it’s a brotherhood… these coaches have treated me with so much respect and have treated me like their son," Luff said. Luff said he was at Friday's workout. Luff said Friday's workout "wasn't any different than any workout we've done before, intensity-wise." "Our motto, it’s the number 16. Sixteen ball games to win a championship. We do these workouts and it’s all about discipline. If we get them right, we move on. If not, we do 16 push-ups," the junior said. He said that players weren't forced to do the workouts. "I've heard people say that we didn't have water and that is not true," Luff said. "We have these big jugs full of water. You can go there in between reps and get water whenever you want. No one was deprived of water."

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Luff said he wishes the best for the players who were hospitalized and added that Harrell had been at the hospital to check on them, as well. "[Coach Harrell] would never make us do a workout thinking it was gonna put any of us at risk," Luff said. "I want people to know that Coach Harrell is a great man and he's treated us with nothing but respect. He loves every single one of us," he added.

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