Mike Gee only played six games last season for Queen of Peace (North Arlington, NJ), but he certainly made an impact. At defensive end, the 6-2, 240-pound prospect showed speed, toughness and quickness in wreaking havoc on opposing teams.

“He had to sit 30 days for us because New Jersey has a transfer rule,” Queen of Peace Defensive Coordinator Gabe Infante said. “If you varsity lettered somewhere else and transfer to a school you must sit 30 days before you can compete. He sat about 5 games for us. When he came back, he was a little rusty in his first game back but nonetheless people had a very hard time dealing with him. In a conversation with the [opposing] coach the next day, the kids from the other team said it really hurts when it hits you. The coach told one of his kids to cut [block] Mike on one play and basically Mike stepped over the kid and wiped somebody out. The coach went out there on a timeout and said ‘I thought I told you to cut him’ and the quarterback turned to the head coach and said ‘hey coach I think we better have two guys cut him’.”

Gee’s statistics – 26 tackles with 5 sacks and one interception – don’t truly show the success he had. An intimidator on defense, he made several key plays throughout the season. One in particular stands out to Coach Infante.

“He had a play against DePaul in the state championship game,” Infante said. “On a rocket screen, he gets a good pass rush on the quarterback, sees the ball thrown, pivots and then wipes the kid out on the screen. It was just a really athletic, phenomenal play. It was a de-cleater. It really set the tone for the rest of the game and we ended up winning the game. It was the first state championship in school history.”

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