JONESBORO -- Trooper Taylor knew of Cameron Echols-Luper's athletic ability long before either got to Arkansas State.
Echols-Luper, now a junior wide receiver at ASU, was in the sixth grade when Taylor first saw a glimpse of what has Red Wolves' coaches excited for the current possibilities. It came when Taylor and Curtis Luper, Cameron's father, were both assistant coaches at Oklahoma State and Luper showed Taylor a cell-phone video someone had sent him.
In the video, Taylor said, Cameron "leap-frogged" over a classmate in the hallway at school. Luper, Taylor remembers, was upset his son was goofing off.