Austin Blythe was 17 years old in the spring of 2010 and clearly more prepared than most adults to make a mature decision when he found himself in the crosshairs of temptation -- eating alongside future NFL stars Andrew Luck and David DeCastro at In-N-Out Burger.
For Blythe, at the time a star high school lineman and champion heavyweight wrestler from Williamsburg, Iowa, this meal marked the most memorable moment of his unofficial recruiting visit to Stanford.
It was not his walk across the sprawling campus with its in-training diplomats and world-class athletes that so wowed Blythe’s high school coach and future father-in-law, Curt Ritchie.