Varsity Insiders With Randy Shaver
Sep 17, 2026 · 17 min · 10 segments
Twenty-five years after playing high school football at Academy of Holy Angels, Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is back in Minnesota for an honor that connects his past, present and family legacy. He joins Randy…
Larry Fitzgerald Jr.Guest
Randy ShaverHost
Talk about Holy Angels, just the football experience that you had there, but also how they, and you've kind of described it a little bit, the foundation for life that Holy Angels provided for you.

I mean, I can remember, you know, great teachers that I've that I've had there.

you know, unbelievable teachers that if I didn't understand something, they would stay after school and help me understand it and then drop me off at home, you know, even when it was the opposite direction of where they were, because they wanted the best for me.

They wanted me to succeed and they were willing to take the extra step to do that.

And as a 15, 14, 15, 16, 17 year old kid, you don't understand, you know, what that, what that means for you and what it does for your confidence.

You know, when you're back, when you're behind in something and And you feel like you just can't get it.

And, you know, for anybody around the metro area of Minneapolis, St. Paul, if you have an eighth grader or a girl who who wants to be loved and nurtured and be able to be able to go to a place where they're going to value that person as an individual and a human being.

Talk about Holy Angels, just the football experience that you had there, but also how they, and you've kind of described it a little bit, the foundation for life that Holy Angels provided for you.

I mean, I can remember, you know, great teachers that I've that I've had there.

you know, unbelievable teachers that if I didn't understand something, they would stay after school and help me understand it and then drop me off at home, you know, even when it was the opposite direction of where they were, because they wanted the best for me.

They wanted me to succeed and they were willing to take the extra step to do that.

And as a 15, 14, 15, 16, 17 year old kid, you don't understand, you know, what that, what that means for you and what it does for your confidence.

You know, when you're back, when you're behind in something and And you feel like you just can't get it.

And, you know, for anybody around the metro area of Minneapolis, St. Paul, if you have an eighth grader or a girl who who wants to be loved and nurtured and be able to be able to go to a place where they're going to value that person as an individual and a human being.
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