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John Bivens is a new name on the state of Virginia football recruiting scene, and understandably so. Bivens, a senior who moved to Prince George from Fayetteville, North Carolina, before his freshman year of high school, played on the Prince George High School varsity football squad as a sophomore but did not play as a junior – deciding instead to focus on baseball. He returned to the gridiron this year, performed extremely well and received an official scholarship offer from UVa earlier this month.

“It was great,” Bivens said of his senior season. Prince George finished 3-7, including a final game victory over Dinwiddie where Bivens rushed for 185 yards and three scores. “It felt good to get out on the field again. I’ve been having a lot of fun. I love to play football. I just love the game.”

Bivens loves to play football and baseball, so it was tough for him to go without football his junior year.

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