Daily News | ‘It’s been like a movie’: Camden High’s Darian Chestnut and Alijah Clark reconnect at Syracuse
Before Darian Chestnut and Alijah Clark take the field for a Syracuse football game, they fall toward the back of the group while running out of the tunnel. Being among the last players on the field was a pregame ritual the two sophomore cornerbacks started at their alma mater, Camden High School.
“It’s been like a movie,” said Chestnut, who is also known as Duce. “We always say that. We’ll be walking and just be on the field together. We’ll say it out of nowhere, like, ‘It’s just really a movie, bro.’” Chestnut played on a Pop Warner team in Pennsauken while Clark played for one in Camden. It wasn’t until middle school that the two kindled a friendship. Clark and Chestnut were invited to compete on a flag football team, NJ Flag, at the Pro Bowl tournament in Florida, and were assigned as roommates.
“We always worked together no matter what it was,” Chestnut said. “Even before and after practice, Coach would tell us to stop going so hard during one-on-one because we were so competitive. That’s all we wanted to do was go against each other in practice.” “We wanted to put on for our home state,” Chestnut said. “Stay home and bring Rutgers back up. They’re doing a good job now. ... But that was our goal, to try to bring Jersey and Rutgers back.”
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