Back in 2012, a news story broke that LSU had offered some 8th grade kid a scholarship, and the internet exploded with all kinds of “HAS RECRUITING GONE TOO FAR???” outbursts. You could be forgiven if you’d forgotten about that a few weeks later and never thought about that news story again.
His workout numbers certainly don’t reflect that youth. In addition to the blistering 40 time, the 6-foot, 205-pound middle schooler posted a broad jump of 9 feet, 3 inches and a 34-inch vertical leap. Impressive as they were, the latter two weren’t so surprising to his father.