Smack. Smack. Smack.
They were unmistakable. And so were the resulting gasps from the Dutchtown High School crowd.
On a suburban New Orleans team that featured the likes of Eddie Lacy, now the starting running back for the Green Bay Packers, and Landon Collins, a starting safety for the New York Giants, it was Eric Reid who stole the spotlight on most nights.
“He tried to undress people,” Saia recalled. “Some of the licks that he laid on kids… not many people wanted to come across the middle against us.”
But they still tried.