It's a small world.
The football community may be huge but the connections run deep.
After meeting some of the athletes that will be coached by the Patriots during the East-West Shrine Bowl, there were a lot of ties with New England.
Boston College's Jaiden Woodbey and Zay Flowers are both on the West roster along with Harvard's Truman Jones.
Miami native, Kadeem Telfort, played high school football with New England Patriots rookie wide receiver, Tyquan Thornton. "I talk to him. He loves it in New England and he told me to meet him at the top.