Forty-five minutes north of Boston sits a 270-acre campus for 370 kids, a private prep school situated on picturesque Lake Cochichewick. The Brooks School — which admits 12 percent of those who apply — boards students from 29 states and 26 countries and boasts a who’s-who alumni list that includes Olympians, actors and a Fortune 500 CEO.
But never in its 92-year history has the Brooks School produced an NFL player. Never has it produced a sure-fire freshman All-American. Never has it produced a kid like Pat Freiermuth.
“He was the best player ever at our school and arguably our conference,” said Brooks School head coach Patrick Foley, Freiermuth’s cousin and godfather, during a quiet Monday afternoon in his office.