By the time Minnesota Vikings star Dalvin Cook decided to play high school football in 2011, a long-standing legacy had already been formed in the running back room at Miami Central High School in Florida.
Cook, a sophomore at the time, opted to play little league football for the Scott Lake Vikings (how’s that for some foreshadowing?) as a ninth-grader over joining the varsity squad. Some guy named Devonta Freeman was "going to get the ball every play," Cook recalled.
And he did. Freeman, the Atlanta Falcons' Pro Bowler, touched the ball about 30 times a game in high school.