The ball just sounded different coming off his foot, and the sound caused me to turn around. Now, a decade later, the cause of that sound has a Super Bowl ring.
Bradley Pinion won a Super Bowl ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday night, the second Clemson punter and third Clemson player in a row to win a title. As I watched him celebrate with his teammates, it took me back to a hot morning back in 2011 when Pinion showed up at head coach Dabo Swinney’s high school camp so he could get a look and maybe, just maybe, an offer.