Indiana running backs coach Deland McCullough can still remember the way Indiana running back Devine Redding moved during camp as a high school sophomore -- the way he changed direction on the turf, the power emanating behind his thick legs, how he ran routes as if he were a receiver.
McCullough’s first thought? “He’s one of the best guys we’ve ever had in camp.”
His second? “To be completely honest, that we wouldn’t get him.”
Now, five years after that camp, Redding is preparing to follow in the footsteps of two Hoosiers greats -- Tevin Coleman and Jordan Howard, both now in the NFL -- and to carve out his own legacy.