Football is one of America’s favorite pastime, especially in high school. The high school football player is an icon, but one that is stereotyped. The Oracle investigated the true essence of the high school football player. This article breaks some common misconceptions and takes the reader through an average day of a football player.

A day in the life of senior Ben Arnold

7:00 a.m. Wake up

7:15 a.m. Eat a small nutritious breakfast (bowl of Lucky Charms, glass of milk, two Pop Tarts and an Eggo waffle)

7:50 a.m. Put on lucky shirt, lucky boxers, lucky jeans, lucky shoes, lucky socks and clean jersey fresh out of the dryer.

7:55 a.m. Arrive at school, park car up on the curb. Go to first class: AP Econ

9:05 a.m. Second period: Law 1

10:05 a.m. Brunch: meet up with football buddies on the quad. Shove each other around while planning for a win.

10:20 a.m. Get yelled at by Mr. Jacoubowsky for being late to class

11:25 a.m. Last class of the day: Physics 1A

12:25 p.m. Lunch: Go out to lunch with teammates

1:05 p.m. Prep: Begin silence routine, talk to no one, focus on the game

2:10 p.m. Prep: Go to friend’s house, and hang out for a few hours

3:15 p.m. Game time

10:00 p.m. Go to victory (or consolation) party

10:00 a.m. Wake up and see your picture in the sports section of the Palo Alto Daily News.