A small group was walking up the steps to Mississippi State’s football facility, two cameramen, a reporter, a media relations representative and a few family members all focused on the person in the front wearing the maroon No. 15 Mississippi State uniform.
On the inside, a young man watched and waited, knowing he was moments away from meeting someone special.
“Oh, man,” he said to no one in particular as the group outside neared the glass doors. “I’m going to have to try not to cry.”
In walked the center of attention in the No.