MANSFIELD — Ayden Schmidt couldn’t imagine playing football anywhere else.

That wasn’t always the case for Galion’s senior quarterback.

Schmidt stopped by the Inside the Lines podcast studio ahead of Friday’s Division IV, Region 14 championship game against Shelby at Arlin Field. 

He talked about his bumpy transition to life in Crawford County after growing up in inner-city Columbus and how the town has embraced him.

Watch and listen to this week’s entire episode below.