FREEPORT — Logan Thimons is not a typical high school sophomore.

At 15, he's young enough to be a freshman. He carries a GPA above 4.0 and was voted a team captain by his football teammates at Freeport.

He's also started his own CLASS ACT program where he and his teammates go to school events and senior citizen homes to support the community.

“He's just an unbelievable kid,” Freeport football coach John Gaillot said. “He's almost too good to be true. He has an amazing work ethic. Everyone on the team and the coaches saw special talent and that he was a leader, not by voice, but by actions.”

Oh, and he's a pretty good football player, too.

How good? Thimons, a 6-foot-2, 190-pound defensive tackle, led all defensive linemen in the state in tackles with 97, according to the MaxPreps website.

His tackle numbers were also good enough to rank him in the top 20 in the country, according to the site.

Thimons also had 20 tackles for loss, forced six fumbles and recovered four.

Not bad for a sophomore who saw sparse playing time as a freshman.

“He has a very quick first step,” Gaillot said. “He doesn't round his angles — he runs right down the line — which is hard to teach. That's just natural ability. And he has the speed to run people down.”

Gaillot originally had Thimons penciled in at defensive end, but feared teams would simply run away from him.

Playing the three-technique at defensive tackle allowed Thimons to penetrate and pursue from sideline to sideline.

Just getting on the field was fine with Thimons.

“Anything they wanted me to do,” Thimons said. “I love every second of playing football. My main goal was always just to do my job. As a defensive tackle, I'm a little on the small side, but I use my speed as much as I can.”

Thimons is also a workout junkie and Gaillot is confident he will get much bigger as his still-young body develops.

When that happens, the coach said, look out.

“He's going to be a top recruit. I firmly believe that,” Gaillot said. “He lives in the weight room. He loves to lift. Conditioning-wise, he would run two miles before practice. I never heard of anything like it. Schools are going to be fighting over him.”

For the next two years, schools will be trying to find a way to stop him.

Thimons is determined to make that task a difficult one.

“I definitely have some room for improvement,” Thimons said. “I plan on hitting the weight room and getting bigger and stronger.”

Thimons wants to play at the next level, but not for fame and fortune. His main goal is to get the best education he can.

“I'd be out of my mind excited to play in college,” Thimons said. “Still, my focus is on academics. I've missed one day of school in my life. Football is definitely in my heart, but education is the most important thing.”

Helping out in the community is also important to Thimons, who hatched his CLASS ACT idea to give something back to the people who have supported him and his football teammates.

“I just wanted to show appreciation for all the people who support us,” Thimons said. “We have people who come to our games to support us just because they love to watch us play. I wanted to make an appearance at a nursing home or at a school musical to show we support them, too.”