Robert Griffin III went down during the third game of the 2009 season.
A day later, it was announced that he tore his ACL and was out for the year.
Baylor went 4-8 that season, like it had the year before. Sub-.500 records were the norm in Waco and had been since 1995.
Despite that trend, Jay Lee sensed some hope.
Lee was a junior at Allen High School in 2009 and had just put together a campaign of 1,013 yards and 16 touchdowns when a struggling school close to home caught his interest.
“I knew what happened to RG3,” Lee said.