He was walking down the hallway at Norfolk Catholic High School to his mom’s office in the fundraising department.
Piper pulled his sweat soaked sweatshirt off and started jumping around with excitement as he exchanged words with Nebraska’s head football coach.
"It was unexpected," Piper said. "It was great. I probably talked to Scott for 10 or 15 minutes. We just talked about basketball and track, regular-life stuff. But just the way he talked to you, it was just genuine. It was like talking to my uncle."
The phone call that’s etched in Leisa, Piper’s mom, and Ethan’s mind is when Leisa knew her son was going to Nebraska.