Coupeville High School grad Mitch Pelroy lives in Colorado Springs now, where he’s pursuing football and modeling careers. (Photo courtesy Pelroy)
Mitch Pelroy is fighting for his dreams.
The Coupeville High School grad currently lives in Colorado, where he’s splitting time between pursuing careers in football and modeling.
On the gridiron, the former Wolf star played in the Rivals Professional Football League, which led to an invite to try out for a team in the Canadian Football League.
While camp went well, an inner thigh injury on the final day thwarted Pelroy, but just for the moment.
“Since it’s a business, it was a better luck next time type deal,” he said.
Not to be denied, Pelroy moved to Colorado Springs to join his girlfriend, Katie Grooms, and immediately started training again while looking for another opportunity.
He found it with the Colorado Springs Flames, who play in the six-team semi-pro Colorado Football Conference.
After playing cornerback and returning punts and kickoffs during his college days at the University of Montana Western, Pelroy is now dodging would-be tacklers while racking up game film as a running back.
Pelroy and the Flames finished third in the regular season standings and open the playoffs Saturday, when they host the Colorado Pirates.
The Steel City Rage host the Englewood Eagles in the other first-round game, with the league’s top two teams, the Denver Sharks and the Northern Colorado Nightmare, set to play the winners Aug. 3 in the semifinals.
The championship game goes Aug. 10.
Once the season ends, Pelroy plans to keep churning, always looking for a chance to extend his time on the field.
“I plan on trying to get an agent, and seeing what happens from there,” he said. “Hopefully get to the CFL, XFL, AFL, or overseas to Europe for another opportunity to be paid and try to keep working higher.
“Football is still the goal; once I finish the season and have my film, I’ll see how far I can make it.”
His schedule off the field has been busy as well, as a modeling career is opening new doors.
“The modeling is something that happened on accident,” Pelroy said. “Started with people asking through Instagram.
“So, slowly you meet people, and make connections; next thing I know I’m signed to ECP Models, which is an amazing agency out here, and that is picking up!”
In between blitzing people on the gridiron, Pelroy has done print and runway modeling work, as well as getting in front of the video camera.
“That has been fun,” he said. “I was just recently an extra in a local commercial for a Ford dealership, so that was awesome.”
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