Just goes to show how infrequently I watch the local news here in Billings. I hadn't heard about this kid until running across this thread. To answer the questions of swampfoxfan and Jaxon_Vol2017 , I don't know. However, Ryan Leaf, "After leading
Charles M. Russell High School in
Great Falls, Montana, to the 1992 Montana state title, [was] told that his build and athleticism was good for a tight end, or maybe a linebacker by the head coach of the time,
Dennis Erickson, at the
University of Miami. He chose to be a quarterback for the
Washington State Cougars instead after head coach
Mike Price, who had coached longtime
New England Patriots starting quarterback
Drew Bledsoe, called him on the phone while Leaf was watching the
Rose Bowl, and told him "If you come here, we're going there." Leaf did not know that Washington State had not reached the Rose Bowl since 1931, but later told
Sports Illustrated that he immediately knew he wanted to accept a scholarship and play for Price."
Vol in Buckeye Land, you statement is most appropos. As I sit here in Billings, Montana, with the temperature having dropped today from approximately 61 degrees to, at present, 20 degrees and headed down to a predicted overnight low of 13 degrees, snow is beginning to accumulate.