Former East Lake QB Back After Playing Football in Serbia - Bay News 9

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — Football is what brings Jake Hudson comfort and joy.

What happened two months ago, was anything but.

“All of a sudden, everything started getting a little shaky,” Jake said.

The former East Lake High quarterback got caught between a rock and a hard place when the Coronavirus shut everything down. The rock? His home in Florida. The hard place? Serbia where he had been playing football in the Serbian National league.

“I went and played at a small school just to play four more years, just cause I enjoyed it that much,” Jake said. “And then got done and was like, I could throw on some cleats and some pads a couple more times.”

Jake had found a home away from home in the Serbian League to continue his passion of playing football. But after just four practices with his new team, Jake’s season was cut short.

“Things started going south and then we just felt it was best to come back home and be around family,” Jake said.

“It went from playing, maybe playing to training on his own, finding empty fields where he could go out and run and workout and hoping that he was going to get to play.,” Jake’s dad Bob Hudson said. “And then it was yanked out from under him.”

The decision to leave was the easy part. Getting home was another matter.

“It was a 28-hour whole flight process and traveling process to get back over here,” Jake said.

Jake logged some serious frequent flier miles. From Serbia to Los Angeles to Detroit to Tampa, he took the long way home. Despite the ordeal, he was able to keep things in perspective.

“It’s not just affecting me, that’s what you’ve got to realize,” he said. “It’s affecting everybody. So, you’ve just got to stay positive right now.”

Staying positive with the possibilities of returning to finish what he started.

“He got some experience out of it, which is cool,” Bob Hudson said. “And hopefully he gets a chance to play again.”

“Never forget it. Don’t regret it,” Jake said. “I’d make the same decision if it was yesterday.”

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