Interview with Louisiana-Monroe tight end Josh Pederson Get to know more about NFL Draft prospect Josh Pederson Author: Mar 5, 2021 Doug Pederson is a household name amongst football fans. The city of Philadelphia is permanently indebted to Pederson for the joy that his team brought them in February of 2018 and he is depicted in a statue outside of Lincoln Financial Field. But this isn’t another story about Doug Pederson, “the Philly Special,” or the Philadelphia Eagles. This is a story about Doug’s son Josh Pederson, who has been working tirelessly to make sure football fans know his name. Despite growing up with football all around him, Josh Pederson didn’t begin playing football until his junior year at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. Andy Sims, the head coach of the football team at Blue Valley North, asked Josh to consider joining the football team for his junior year. It was ultimately thoughts about his older brother Drew that convinced Josh to start playing. Drew’s high school football career ended abruptly because of a serious ankle injury the year prior. “Seeing how my older brother’s injury affected him emotionally made me want to start playing because I wanted to reach the love for the game that I saw him have. I wanted him to be able to finish his high school career through me.”