Demias Jimerson, Arkansas Football Prodigy, Banned From Scoring More Touchdowns (VIDEO)

Demias Jimerson is so good he's no longer allowed to score.

The 11-year-old Arkansas football prodigy has been slapped with a little-known rule inspired by former Arkansas Razorbacks star Madre Hill, who ran all over teams while playing at the same Wilson Intermediate School years ago. According to Yahoo's Rivals Blog, the "Madre Hill Rule" limits Jimerson from scoring if he has already scored three touchdowns and his team is ahead by at least 14 points.

While schools typically don't hold back young stars like this, the rule is intended to keep the game fun for everyone. As Sports Grid explains, the rule helps give other players a shot at carrying the ball.

"The other players on both teams... Twenty-one are just left out, sort of. It's all Demias," WIFL commissioner Terri Bryant told Fox 16.

In his extremely well-spoken television interview (which you can see below), Jimerson detailed his priorities:

"I’m gonna run hard and bring our team to victory," said Jimerson. He added, "But God always comes first, before anything, and grades second."

Check out the video below to see the Jimerson's skills in action.

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Comments

[Taher Lokhandwala]

10:38 PM on 10/04/2011

The principal, and her office, give new meaning to the word 'cougar'.

[ArchaeologicallyInclined]

09:38 PM on 10/04/2011

I think this is fantastic. I do hope this young man goes far. He certainly does seem to have his priorities straight. Such young talent and I surely hope it continues to grow.

[Eric Daniels]

06:56 PM on 10/04/2011

My motto is MAN UP !!!

[guoyakla]

06:11 PM on 10/04/2011

Sports are all fields of strife whereby true life lessons are learned, and character is built. To handicap any athletic event by enacting a rule that limits how well a team is beating its competitor, ain't reality, in turn, what we're really teaching the kids is, woosification rather than strengthening their warrior ethos. It doesn't matter whether or not a team loses by a big number, or by a small number, the truth is that they are either gonna hungry to do better the next time, or they're not. If anything, let's make sure we teach kids reality. Learning how to compete ain't never about softening the blow of a loss.

[baxtron]

05:24 PM on 10/04/2011

They forced Joe Mauer onto the high school (16-18 yrs old) team after parents did not want their kid to pitch to him at age 14.

[ByThePowerOfGrayskull]

02:09 PM on 10/04/2011

It's a huge dis-service to all the kids in the sports leagues that have rules targeting players for being too good and everyone gets a trophy.

"Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it." - Jimerson has miles and miles of character. I hope he scores 20 touchdowns a game next year.

[Stewpendous]

08:30 AM on 10/04/2011

This little guy is awesome and seems to be a great young man. I hope the best for him and his future!

[migwee]

04:17 AM on 10/04/2011

this is crap!cause ur kids aren't as good. just show them how to be good losers ,u have to learn how to lose ,before u can win

[meinmd2]

09:14 AM on 10/04/2011

Thank you!!

[Counter Sniper]

03:24 AM on 10/04/2011

Same cr@p was hoisted upon Wayne Gretzky when he was a peewee hockey player.

If you don't want him to score then..........STOP HIM........on the field......and not with bs rules.

[meinmd2]

09:14 AM on 10/04/2011

Amen!

[schneider360]

01:18 PM on 10/04/2011

i am all for letting kids lose... but this is pee-wee league. let the kids go out, have fun and be competitive but dont let the game be ruined for everyone because one kid has developed faster.

my cousin was the same way as this kid when he was in grade school. get a big league and let everyone else play in the second half.

[ByThePowerOfGrayskull]

02:01 PM on 10/04/2011

Why don't we just pick who gets to win and lose before the games even start? It's ridiculous to demand this child be restrained because he's deemed "too good." It would be more appropriate to demand that the defenders try harder to stop him.

[GOODDOC1]

02:20 AM on 10/04/2011

I personally don't like this rulling, but he sure has his priorities straight! Way to go!

[IsotelusMaximus]

01:22 AM on 10/04/2011

I understand mercy rules but the reporter said the rules were enacted after he scored 3 touchdowns and his team was up by 14 points. That's hardly a blowout in pee-wee football.

Plus, I've never heard of mercy rules that target one player, it's usually the teams who have to quit playing. Maybe the most sensible thing to do is to bump this kid up an age group. Why punish his successes when you could challenge him more?

[cynthiawindsor]

10:33 PM on 10/03/2011

Well, their is a thing called the mercy rule,in which you are not allowed to score any more points, due to the fact that your slaughtering the other team, Not sure if its about race, but you make some good references. I never liked the mercy rule, because I think it allows the other team to shamelessly score points on you when your hands are tied. You are now at a disadvantage, not because you have lack of talent , but because if you score you risk being disqualified. I'm not sure what this is suppose to teach the better or more superior team. I say let them compete, win or lose. In life no one hands you anything for free, you fight for every inch, and every dollar, so...

[troutboy]

08:38 PM on 10/03/2011

its a "massacre rule" - designed to keep less talented teams and kids from becoming demoralized. lots of sports have those kinds of rules. youth leagues are for kids to have fun - for EVERY kid participating to have fun. thats why many youth leagues have rules that stipulate that every kid plays at least a minimum amount of the game.

[SamiSam]

07:35 PM on 10/03/2011

That principal sure loves some animal print. Grrrrr!

[IsotelusMaximus]

01:17 AM on 10/04/2011

Ha! I saw that too.

[Jay from Ottawa]

06:36 PM on 10/03/2011

Here's a better rule to keep the game 'fun' and even 'challenging' ...

If you're far too awesome and your team is way ahead of the opposing team, then give Demias Jimerson a opponents jersey and let him run against his own team ! See if they can own up to their score or if he's propping up his team with his awesome skills. It would also give the losing team some serious spirit, "we have magic hands Demias on our team, let's turn the tide!!!"

Taken right out of Dungeon & Dragons 'true neutral' character alignment ;) long live the nerds !