SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dan Enos credits everything to fifth grade. On the first day of practice for the Dearborn Thunderbirds, his youth football team in Michigan, Enos was eager and excited to play running back. It was his first time ever playing football, and that was the position he’d imagined playing. Practice began with the kids playing catch 10 yards away from each other. Two minutes into the drill, coach Doug Lucas waved Enos over.
“He said, ‘I’m going to teach you how to take a snap, you’re going to be our quarterback,’” Enos says. “From that moment on, I’ve been a quarterback.