Playing football was a hard sell to Springhill (La.) North Webster running back Devin White, an Arkansas target and one of the nation's top prospects.
He thought his future would be on a basketball court instead of a football field.
"He really thought basketball was what it was going to be," said Coesha White-Standokes, White's mother. "We traveled AAU ever since he was in the fifth grade."
White was about 5-11 inches, similar to his current height, and weighed 157 pounds at the age of 10.
"I had to deal with his age, people thinking he wasn't the right age," White-Standokes said.