Growing up in New Orleans’ crime-ridden 7th Ward was no Shangri-La for a young Jeremy Cutrer and neither was running for shelter during the devastation brought on by Hurricane Katrina back in the summer in 2005, but the self-proclaimed “underground savage” has made a habit of persevering despite the obstacles and will soon reap the rewards of his survival efforts with several NFL teams vying for his services in the upcoming draft.
Like many youngsters living out their formative years in the Gulf Coast region, Cutrer yearned becoming the next Reggie Bush or Marques Colston of the hometown New Orleans Saints and he planned to do so by taking the local route and accepting a much-coveted scholarship offer from the SEC powerhouse LSU Tigers.