JIM ALCORN/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD: Yasin Peppers, Jabrill Peppers’ cousin, is following his own path on the gridiron and off.
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By KEITH IDEC
STAFF WRITER | The Record
NORTH ARLINGTON – They share a famous last name, but little else.
Truth be told, Queen of Peace running back Yasin Peppers isn’t all that close to Michigan star Jabrill Peppers, his third cousin. Their fathers, second cousins Rasheen Peppers (Yasin) and Terry Peppers (Jabrill), speak regularly.
But other than doing drills together when Jabrill was a North Jersey high school football legend at Don Bosco and later Paramus Catholic and Yasin was a promising Pop Warner player, they haven’t had much interaction.Jabrill understandably is busy building himself into a high first-round NFL draft pick as Yasin begins his rise in high school football.
“To watch Jabrill doing what he’s doing now, as a family member, I’m very, very happy for him,” Yasin Peppers said. “When people do look at me, it’s normal to compare me to Jabrill.
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