ERIE -- Frederick Scruggs remembers the moment he realized he could play football at the next level.
It wasn't something that occurred to him early in his career -- "I didn't really believe in myself," he said with a sheepish smile -- but rather when he received his first offer.
He was with his family when it happened. Schools couldn't call him at the time, so he contracted Syracuse. That's when the Orange not only gave Scruggs his first offer, but the knowledge that he could play major college football.
It's a moment that Scruggs carries with him, but it's a revelation the people around him had first.