Meetings are a big part of the process for college football players, and Rourke Freeburg thought the one on Thursday’s schedule was just all the ones before. Until he saw the table set up in front, with three Arizona hats placed in front and pieces of paper and pens toward the back.
Suddenly, having the overhead screen showing the ESPN graphic from 2010 when LeBron James made “The Decision” to go to Miami made total sense.
“It kind of caught me off guard,” Freeburg said Thursday night, a day after he and fellow (former) walk-ons Treydan Stukes and Jaydin Young were put on scholarship.