As a way to appeal to recruits, East Carolina’s Ethan Johnson and Kevin Slattery came up with an idea for the school’s latest round of football scholarship offers: get back to their pirate roots.
Johnson, the school’s director of player personnel, and Slattery, a staff assistant, decided to turn the letters into scrolls, complete with cursive writing and wax seals.
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Johnson and Slattery used coffee grounds to stain the paper, and also burned the edges to make them look authentic.