Sometimes, it was seven-on-seven. Sometimes, it was 11-on-11.
No matter how many teens showed up at Sabal Pines Park in Coconut Creek, Florida, on a given day, you could bet on Lamar Jackson and Calvin Ridley being on the same football team. The result typically involved Jackson completing passes to Ridley all over the field.
"We was cheating," Jackson, the Baltimore Ravens' quarterback, said with a laugh because the duo dominated. "Calvin was the fastest thing we had out there. I was like, 'I'm going to Calvin every time.'"
Little did they know those pickup football games would lead to each playing on a much bigger stage one day.