In the midst of a go-route during a 7-on-7 drill before his senior year of high school, Laviska Shenault noticed out of the corner of his eye that he was rapidly approaching a set of bleachers resting on the sidelines, just outside of the white lines of the field.
“I’m just running and, as the ball gets closer and closer, I realize the bench is right there,” he said.
A crash was inevitable, but Shenault put his forearm up to block his face just in time. He was left with a cut under his eye, a nasty scar that still remains on his right forearm and the wind knocked out of him.