When Antonio King told his high school football team that they were getting a four-star running back from Washington, D.C., they didn't believe it.
Once the players in Durham, N.C., Googled Abdul Adams and watched his highlights, their skepticism grew even more.
A highly touted recruit who amassed 1,846 yards and 21 touchdowns as a junior and another 1,231 yards and eight touchdowns on 128 attempts as a sophomore? Why in the world would he come to Hillside?
Sure, the Hornets had a strong football program, but it was a far cry from the big stage in the nation's capitol, and an even further cry from Norman where the true freshman is now competing for a spot in Oklahoma's running back rotation with the season-ending injury to Rodney Anderson.