Matt Falcon knew it was a different day when he woke up at 5:30 this morning.
By 7:30, he was at Southfield High School, 1½ hours before the Blue Jays were scheduled to report for the first day of practice.
His senior year was starting, and the running back wanted to get ready. So he slipped on his headphones and listened to rappers Chief Keef and Drake.
“I was just getting myself in the zone, getting ready to come out here and work hard,” Falcon said after Southfield concluded its morning session of the two practices.