At Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, Brady Feeney is a celebrity. Feeney started on the program’s powerhouse football program as a freshman guard, eventually helping the Cadets to two state championships as a sophomore and junior. He earned a weighted GPA well above a 4.0, was the school’s scholar athlete of the year and even found the time to perfect a brass instrument in the school jazz band. “He’s a killer trumpet player,” says Scott Pingel, Feeney’s former head coach there.
For a big man, Feeney was in top shape, always one of the last in the weight room, and aside from a knee injury his senior season, had no real health complications or underlying issues.