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So,  this is a story that's nearly 10 years old.     It just surfaced on one of the Stanford websites that I'm on.

 

The scene is that it's the late summer of 2007,  Luck has already given his verbal to Stanford, but it's still about 6 more months to Letter of Intent signing day.

 

And Jim Harbaugh has found another player he wants to offer.    Another quarterback.    Now, high school kids can be funny,  you recruit more than one QB in a class and some of them are going to get bent and maybe decide to go to another school.     So the Stanford football staff decides that Harbaugh should call Luck personally and inform him of the decision to offer this other QB.   Better to hear this from Harbaugh,  then the grapevine or another school.     The other QB is also from Texas.     So, Harbaugh calls and explains that this other QB has freakish athleticism and while they'll create a package for him to be a QB,  they see him as a WR where his incredible athletic skills can be better used.

 

At some point early on in the conversation, Luck, who is not quite yet 18,  cuts-off Harbaugh and says.....   "Coach,  you don't EVER have to inform me of what you're doing to make Stanford better.     Whatever you're doing,  I'm fine with.     Just go ahead and do it.    And, if you have the kid's number,  give it to me,  and I'll call the kid and try to recruit him to come to Stanford."

 

Anyway....   the call ends and the staff looks at each other with a real "Holy Poop" moment.    17 year old kids just normally aren't wired that way.

 

Oh,  if you haven't figured it out yet....   the other Texas HS QB with the freakish athleticism who ultimately turned down Stanford?      Robert Griffin the 3rd.

 

Happy New Year.       

 

Rooting for a Colts win tomorrow.      An 8-8 season makes for a better off-season than 7-9.

 

 

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