Grandson of legendary Brother Rice coach Al Fracassa leads team to huge win, finishing with state record mark of 7,559 career passing yards.
Jason Fracassa
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Jason Fracassa proves that there’s still room for a little guy in the game of high school football.
On Friday night the 5-foot-9, 175-pound senior quarterback became Michigan’s all-time career passing leader as host Sterling Heights Stevenson edged Macomb Dakota, 28-21, before an overflow crowd of 10,000.
Jason, who is the grandson of legendary Birmingham Brother Rice coach Al Fracassa, passed for 273 yards and two touchdowns as the Titans (5-0) justified their No. 1 ranking and dealt Dakota its first loss. That gives him 7,559 yards in his four-year career.
The record had been 7,464 yards by Mill Coleman of Farmington Hills Harrison from 1986-89.
"He’s so smart and intense," Stevenson head coach Rick Bye said of his quarterback. "He’s been very accurate and has a very strong arm. He’s kind of possessed right now – he just wants to win.”
Fracassa also is a standout baseball shortstop and Bye believes he could be recruited in both sports. He expects the football recruiting “interest to pick up when they see film on him.”
