Campbell is back and making plays for Unicoi County

ERWIN — Nehemiah Campbell knows what it feels like to have football taken from him. One of 19 Unicoi County seniors, Campbell was injured three plays into the opening scrimmage last season and had to sit out the campaign with a broken left collar bone. "It was hard, but I am glad to be back, that is for sure," Campbell said. All the 6-foot, 175-pound Campbell has done this season is record a team-leading 98 tackles from his middle linebacker slot, along with 24 tackles for loss and two interceptions for the Blue Devils (9-1), who rolled to the Region 1-3A championship. "I would tell you he is probably a little undersized to be in the middle, but he plays a lot bigger than what he is," Unicoi County head coach Drew Rice said. "He played outside linebacker until this year, but we asked him to go in there and he has done it and has just been tremendous. He punts for us, he is just a football player, whatever you need him to do he can do." Campbell will lead Unicoi County into tonight's TSSAA Class 3A opening round playoff game with McMinn Central (6-4) riding a nine-game win streak. "They are a good team, we have just got to go play our game and we will be fine," said Campbell, who is...