TROY — Tanner Blatt was in his apartment, getting ready to go to work when the phone unexpectedly rang.
Blatt was used to being summoned — that’s how DoorDash and other delivery services work. Someone orders food from a restaurant or a fast-food joint, or orders groceries, or orders whatever.
Blatt picks it all up and delivers it.
But this phone call came from an unexpected place and had a most-unexpected request.
Can you deliver the ball?
Blatt, a former walk-on at Troy who gave up football more than a year ago, was listening to Troy running backs coach Brian Blackmon, who is also his former high school coach at Opelika.