Early Life and History
Damon Michael Denson was born on February 8, 1975 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. A few years after his birth, his parents moved from Aliquippa to Baldwin, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Ironically, the legendary WPIAL high school football coach Don Yanessa took over as the athletic director and head football coach at Baldwin High School in 1989 after leaving Aliquippa High School and having coached NFL greats Sean Gilbert and Ty Law.
Denson became only the second player in Baldwin High School history to start on the varsity football team as a true freshman. During his junior year, the Fighting Highlanders beat North Hills High School to win their first playoff game in over three decades. During his senior year, Denson was selected as a USA Today High School All-American and chosen to play in the prestigious Big 33 Pennsylvania Football High School All Star Game.
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