UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Ever since he was a little kid, Penn State cornerback John Reid always needed to know why things worked and how he could make them better.
If it was Reid’s video-game controllers or remotes, he would take them apart and search YouTube for videos on how to make them more efficient. In high school, when Reid’s computer was too slow and glitchy, impacting his ability to play World of Warcraft, his father offered a solution that his tech-savvy son ran with.
“Let’s try and build a computer,” John’s father recalled. “Why not?”
In the next two years Little John as his father, John, calls him, did all the research.