It's no longer uncommon for college football programs to identify and offer scholarships to standout athletes in their youth. Back in June, Alabama offered a 6-foot-7, 370-pound eighth grader. That same month, Michigan offered a seventh-grade quarterback.
So when The Athletic's Bruce Feldman tweeted a video Tuesday of Cole Leinart—the 11-year-old son of former USC great, Matt—completing a long pass that sailed nearly 30 yards in the air to his target, he perhaps sarcastically quipped it surprised him Florida Atlantic head coach Lane Kiffin hadn't already extended a scholarhip offer. (Kiffin served as an assistant on USC's staff through the entirety of Leinart's career there.