RENTON — Chris Cutcliffe chuckles at the memory now. Of course, Cutcliffe had known about D.K. Metcalf for a while, but he didn’t know exactly what to expect when the eighth-grade wide receiver turned out for a spring workout with the Oxford (Miss.) High School football team.
Cutcliffe had just returned to his alma mater to join the Oxford coaching staff as the wide receivers coach, and you’d better believe that first look at the young Metcalf left a lasting impression.
“He had gotten so tall so quick. He was in that gangly, baby-giraffe stage,” Cutcliffe said.