Hinsdale South quarterback Sean McCormack doesn’t look very far to find a teammate capable of becoming one of his favorite receiving targets this fall.
How about across the kitchen table?
McCormack, last year’s Hornets backup and a starting forward for the basketball team, has already earned the starting nod from football coach Mike Barry. Based on 7-on-7 sessions and summer practices, McCormack’s brother, Connor, is among the group being considered for starting wide receiver.
Barry said Connor McCormick is in the mix, along with top returnees Ravon Johnson and Jevais Harris and newcomer Robert Hall, who was a starting safety last season and could play both ways.
Connor McCormack caught eight passes for 75 yards last season from graduate Rob Regan, who rushed for 18 TDs and passed for seven last season. The 6-foot-5, 195-pound Sean McCormack should provide a different look for the Hornets as a pocket passer.
Sean McCormack completed only eight passes last season after usually appearing late in games during blowouts.
Connor McCormack has been on the receiving end of Sean’s passes during previous years of high school and youth football, but this fall will be the first time on the varsity level.
“Sean is going to be a good quarterback. He has a great eye for the field,” Connor McCormack said. “It’s really easy to look over at Sean, give him a nod and know what we’re talking about. We can do the same thing on the field.”
“We have a high level of chemistry,” Sean McCormack said of Connor. “Obviously, he’s my brother. I know exactly what he’s going to do.”
The Burr Ridge brothers are actually two of three triplets for parents John and Colleen McCormack. All three brothers played football in middle school for Our Lady of Peace in Darien, but Matthew quit after his freshman season to join the swimming and water polo teams at Hinsdale South.
“I’m the oldest, that’s for sure,” said Connor McCormack, who was born Nov. 13, 1997, a minute earlier than Sean. Connor is the shortest at 6-1, while Matt McCormack is 6-3.
The triplets are working this summer as lifeguards at Woods Pool in Burr Ridge.
Their father attended the West Suburban Conference 7-on-7 last month at Addison Trail and was a regular spectator at Sean’s summer league basketball games at Riverside-Brookfield.
“It’s fantastic (watching them),” John McCormack said. “What a pleasure for me. I’m a proud father watching the two jell together (in football).”
Sean and Connor McCormack work out together with personal instructor Jeff Christensen at Throw It Deep in Lockport, a training academy for quarterbacks and wide receivers.
“Mr. Christensen’s camps have been really great,” Connor McCormack said. “He teaches you everything, from respecting your opponent to how to catch the ball consistently. Working with the quarterbacks, they get the footwork down. You can see the transformation for Sean from a not-an-average quarterback to a really skilled one.”
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