Scott Matlock knows his life could have turned out a lot differently.
His father died of testicular cancer when Scott was 9 years old. He then unexpectedly lost his mother to heart disease at 13.
With his older brother, Steven Matlock, playing football at Idaho, Scott entered foster care and bounced between three different homes before settling in Wilder.
But the Homedale High senior credits the people around him for keeping him on the right path, which included a verbal commitment Friday to a full-ride scholarship offer from the Boise State football program.