Bobby Carroll slowed his Ford F-150 and turned right off Celanese Road in Rock Hill, S.C. He pulled into an oversized commercial parking lot, stopped and pointed out his window.
The football coach who discovered Jadeveon Clowney — and then became one of his closest confidants on Clowney’s rise from No. 1 high school recruit to No. 1 NFL draft pick — also is the person who introduced the Seahawks’ defensive end to sushi right here at Red Bowl bistro.
“This is where he had sushi for the first time,” Carroll said. “Then he fell in love with it, and we ate it all the time.