INDIANAPOLIS -- There was just something about the 6-foot-4, 250-pound sophomore transfer who showed up at Red Bank (New Jersey) Catholic High School. And it wasn't Quenton Nelson being knock-kneed or pigeon-toed that had Red Bank football coach Jim Portela thinking he had just landed a special two-way player.
"You could tell he was just different," Portela said. "That's the only way I could say it. You just knew there was potential from him then. He had God-given athletic talent back then, but what helped him even more was that he was mentally talented, too. You don't get that often from kids that young.