HOUSTON -- A Boston College press release from Feb. 5, 2003, touted the top recruits in the Eagles' 23-member football recruiting class.
Matt Ryan wasn't mentioned.
A total of 14 players, including current Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive lineman Gosder Cherilus and current New Jersey-area coach/substitute teacher/trainer Andre Callender, were singled out in the release as key members of a class that ranked as high as 10th nationally. The only quarterback referenced was Paul Peterson, a transfer from Snow junior college in Utah.
And then there was a Ryan, a three-star recruit from Penn Charter in Philadelphia.