Jim Washburn had never met Bradley Chubb, but Washburn once coached the greatest rookie pass rusher in NFL history, so he walked through the doors of N.C. State last spring to see what he had heard was the next big thing.
Chubb checked the first box.
“We went into the athletics facility and everybody spoke to him,” Washburn said. “The lady at the reception desk got up and gave him a hug. We’re walking down to the weight room and there’s a custodian that he went over to and he gave a big hug. It was every single person in the whole place.