In late 2019, Alabama Christian assistant coaches Michael Summers and Greg Howard were browsing Rivals, examining the statistics of current Division I cornerbacks.
What they discovered helped confirm what they had already started to realize: They had a special talent on their hands.
Summers and Howard called freshman Avery Stuart over.
"We showed him the height, the weight, the wingspan and the 40 times of the corners," Summers said. "We're like, 'Man, you got these guys beat right now.' "
Stuart already had made a name for himself with a game-saving fourth-down stop against Saks earlier that season.