Omaha Burke's Xavier Watts turned his basketball prowess into football stardom and is being recruited by a number of Power Five conference football programs.
Omaha Burke wide receiver Xavier Watts (4) runs past Grand Island cornerback Ace McKinnis for a third-quarter touchdown during the Class A state championship at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 19, 2018.
When Xavier Watts came into Omaha Burke High School as a freshman in the fall of 2016, football was just an afterthought.
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