For Justin Verrell, Fresno State was the plan. Garces High School. Bakersfield College. Fresno State. One would lead to the next, though rarely is anything as easy as one, two, three. That football would get him there and eventually pay for a nice chunk of his education never entered his mind – in high school he played wide receiver in a wing-T offense, didn’t see the field very often, and when he did, he wasn’t going to see much of the football.
He’d be blocking – get used to it, kid – and after four years that was about it.