The phone call from Ed Orgeron came soon after LSU hired him as the interim coach in 2016, and he wanted to talk about Travis Etienne.
The Louisiana-born Etienne is now a true freshman and the leading rusher on a Clemson team that will play in Monday's national semifinal Sugar Bowl against Alabama at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
But Etienne back then was a high school running back at nearby Jennings whose scholarship offer list still did not include LSU. Nor did it include the one he ultimately accepted. Those offers came later, with the final one being the one he liked most.