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Tuesday morning began just like any other morning for football star Kaleb Eulls.

Eulls and his three younger sisters were among 22 passengers on a school bus bound for Yazoo County High School in western Mississippi until a 14-year old female student boarded the bus armed with a .380 semi-automatic handgun threatening to shoot and ordering the bus driver to pull over.

Eulls had fallen asleep at the back of the bus listening to his mp3 player and did not realize what was happening until one of his sisters woke him up.

"My sister that was in front of me woke up and told me that the girl had a gun," Eulls said. "She was pointing it back and forth at other people and the little kids that were sitting at the back. I just thought real quick and tried to grab her attention before she pointed the gun at anybody else. I wanted her to point it at me so she wouldn't point it at anybody else."

 

Kaleb Eulls saved the lives of 22 students Tuesday morning.

Eulls then opened up the emergency door located in the back and began evacuating as many students as he could from the rear of the bus while trying to reason with the armed female.

"I just tried to talk to her and calm her down," said the 6-foot-4, 255-pound Eulls. "She was just getting louder and louder. I guess for a quick second she looked out the window and when she did that I just sprung at her. I just knocked her down and got the gun away from her. When I got the gun I ran out the back door and disarmed it."

Eulls, who is a four-star defensive end that is verbally committed to play football at Mississippi State next year, was not concerned for his own well being at the moment. He selflessly did what he thought was the right thing to save the life of the others on board.

"I was just scared for the younger kids and my family that was on the bus," Eulls said. "I was just thinking things out step-by-step as quickly as I could. After we got to the school and watched the tape I just sat there thinking 'what in the world did I just do?' I just thought about what if this would have happened or if this would have happened? It was just crazy."

Eulls, already a hometown sports hero in the town of just over 1,300 about 30 miles north of Jackson, Miss., earned the respect of the local law enforcement.

"The (officers) who have been there for a long time told me that they have stared down many barrels before and always felt like it was a big cannon pointing at them," Eulls said. "It is one scary feeling."

Yazoo County Sheriff Tommy Vaughn was quoted in the Jackson, Miss., based The Clarion Ledger saying "If it hadn't been for this star football player, things could have been different. He didn't go overboard, but he did exactly what it took to get her on the ground.

"He made the statement to one of my deputies that if she was going to shoot anyone he would rather she shoot him. Watching him do that and him doing such a heroic act and not even caring about his own safety, that's something you don't see every day."

The female assailant was arrested on 22 counts of attempted aggravated assault, 22 counts of kidnapping and one count of possession of a firearm on school property. She was taken to the county juvenile detention facility.

As for people now calling a hero, Eulls feels he was just doing what anyone else would have done in that situation.

"I just tell them thank you and not to do anything crazy like that," Eulls said.

Eulls is rated the No. 19 defensive end in the nation and the No. 8 overall prospect in Mississippi by Rivals.com. He holds scholarship offers from the likes of Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Southern Miss and Tennessee but has been committed to the Bulldogs since early July.

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amazing story!!!

[LTrain]

Definately amazing, congrats to that young man and his courage  WOW

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

amazing courage from the kid.

[77]

Good job!

[ethanjeffcoat16]

great story...thank god no one was hurt

[Newtonjb]

This Outstanding Young Man shows there are still young people that not only know Right from Wrong,  they choose to do the Unselfish Right Thing. This World could use more People like this. He should be Proud of Himself, I'd bet His Family is.

[OldSkool97]

This Outstanding Young Man shows there are still young people that not only know Right from Wrong,  they choose to do the Unselfish Right Thing. This World could use more People like this. He should be Proud of Himself, I'd bet His Family is.

I agree!

[NDN79]

What a great story! God Bless that young man!! It gives you hope in this generation.

[HtownHornet]

Great things ahead for this young man. To stare death in the face and react as heroic as this man did at such a young age! His courage was Pat Tillman like.. God bless you son...

[Bigdog]

maybe he will become a police officer or fireman or someone of that type when he is finshed with school. he has already sghown exceptional bravery in a tough situation!

[WeedBegone]

The world is better with a person like this walking amoung us. 

[piratefan]

wow...

  6'4 255...Sounds like she picked the wrong bus..

[WarHogz]

This Outstanding Young Man shows there are still young people that not only know Right from Wrong,  they choose to do the Unselfish Right Thing. This World could use more People like this. He should be Proud of Himself, I'd bet His Family is.

I agree 100%

[txcanes]

This Outstanding Young Man shows there are still young people that not only know Right from Wrong,  they choose to do the Unselfish Right Thing. This World could use more People like this. He should be Proud of Himself, I'd bet His Family is.

I am proud of him and his family as an American! I think we all hope that our kids would behave the same. Great role model. I wish the bleedorange poster from the post on Thursday practices would read about his fine young man and do some deep thinking about his values!

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[ChampionEagles]

Great young man! I hope he never has to reach that deep down in his inner self again.

[Guest JustAPlayersMom]

Wow, his parents really did a great job raising him.

However, after hearing what he did I bet they wanted to beat him to death.

This is so refreshing to read for a change.  Thanks for posting it.

[HeeHaw]

Thats an awesome story.  Brave kid.

[Guest ghostt]

GREAT STORY

[bandgeekforlife]

Amazing young man!!  God definitely had him in the right place at the right time!  Our country needs more youth like him!

[Reddog_Pup91]

Great story

[Lefty99]

Wow, his parents really did a great job raising him.

However, after hearing what he did I bet they wanted to beat him to death.

This is so refreshing to read for a change.  Thanks for posting it.

That is the sole reason that I posted it.  Not that local players aren't hero's to young kids or anything.  It just seemed fitting for alot of people to see what a true model citizen and hero this young man is.  I really wonder how many athletes with commitments to major universities would do the same thing.

[jasper forever 07]

this kid is awesome

[ChampionEagles]

Wow, his parents really did a great job raising him.

However, after hearing what he did I bet they wanted to beat him to death.

This is so refreshing to read for a change.  Thanks for posting it.

That is the sole reason that I posted it.  Not that local players aren't hero's to young kids or anything.  It just seemed fitting for alot of people to see what a true model citizen and hero this young man is.  I really wonder how many athletes with commitments to major universities would do the same thing.

I think you can say how many PEOPLE period would have done it. Most people would have just sat there and done nothing.

[Lefty99]

Wow, his parents really did a great job raising him.

However, after hearing what he did I bet they wanted to beat him to death.

This is so refreshing to read for a change.  Thanks for posting it.

That is the sole reason that I posted it.  Not that local players aren't hero's to young kids or anything.  It just seemed fitting for alot of people to see what a true model citizen and hero this young man is.  I really wonder how many athletes with commitments to major universities would do the same thing.

I think you can say how many PEOPLE period would have done it. Most people would have just sat there and done nothing.

You are exactly right.