Joshua Brand, a Baltimore Ravens scout, had been in the league for a full twenty years, having seen many storms and endured countless challenges. His keen and critical eyes were well known within the industry.
This year, from spring training camp to the kickoff of the new NCAA season, he had been keeping an eye on quarterbacks, noting a few young players worth marking:
Louisville's Lamar-Jackson, Wyoming's Josh-Allen, Oklahoma's Baker-Mayfield, among others.
Result!
A sudden phone call, and he had to travel thousands of miles to Alabama to observe a running back.
A running back?
Brand rolled his eyes, not out of disrespect for running backs—he, as a scout, cared little about position, as long as the player had potential; rather, this particular running back had played so few games that his data didn't hold much value, hardly necessitating any fuss.