Whenever he’s craving sweets, Smith hears the voice of his fellow linebacker. “I swear, I think about Porter,” Smith said. “Would he look at me and say, ‘Man, what a disappointment you are?’ His discipline, his level of passion to be great, is something I think about all the time.”
That's where the definition of “freak” expands, beyond the traditional label of a gifted athlete. Gustin, a senior from Salem Hills High School in southern Utah County, is proud to have made multiple lists of the most freakish college football players this summer. He embraces that description and teammates endorse it, because of Gustin's process, as much as the outcome.