BATON ROUGE – Danny Etling is the starting quarterback for the 25th-ranked LSU football team. He’s also an Eagle Scout. It’s quite possible that he’s the first person in school history to do both.
On Tuesday, Etling addressed the Business and Industry Leaders Luncheon presented by the Istrouma Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and told the audience how becoming an Eagle Scout helped make him the person he is today.
Only four percent of all Boy Scouts reach Eagle Scout status, which is the highest attainable mark for the organization. To reach Eagle Scout status, Etling had to earn at least 21 merit badges and in doing so, he joined the likes of Gerald Ford, Steven Spielberg, Neil Armstrong, and Sam Walton as some of the most famous Eagle Scouts.