I graduated in 03. Maurice Clarett was a year above me and was at Harding, that dude was hell on wheels. His old man and older brother played at Mooney. Our coach at the time he was in 8th grade was Don Bucci who played QB at ND and is in the the national high school coach hall of fame. To make a king story short when he was in 8th grade he told Bucci he wanted to be guaranteed 30 carries a game and to start as a freshman. Bucci told him to get the fuck out of his office because he won’t even guarantee a senior that he’ll start.
Mind you Clarett would have been the most talented player on the roster, the top 4 tailbacks that year were 3 seniors a junior. All 4 had full college scholarships 2 went to Youngstown State, 1 to James Madison, and 1 to Duquesne, so they were older and obviously didn’t suck. Our WB that year could run too and went to La Tech and broke all of Terry Bradshaws records.
Im rambling, but Clarett has actually rehabilitated himself and turned into a decent human being, but he was a giant pile of shit back in the day.