… to Weddington, N.C., a small-ish suburb of Charlotte that lies a brisk bike ride from the South Carolina border.
This is the birthplace of a friendship between a pair of star youth football players. Two budding talents who would soon grow up to become the two best running backs in the state and two of the nation’s best. A duo that could one day renounce wearing opposing jerseys to share the same backfield if they choose to put that stress on SEC, Big Ten or ACC defensive coordinators.
What started out as a typical game in the Greater Charlotte area’s Little Panthers Pop Warner Little League between Evan Pryor’s South Charlotte Patriots and Will Shipley’s Weddington Titans quickly became a memorable, back-and-forth high-scoring classic.