Hunter Rison took off and ran a fade route on Saturday at The Opening Regional in Chicago. The defensive back, sensing that was the route, had good inside position. The ball was delivered the only place it could, to the backside shoulder, and Rison adjusted and made the catch.
It looked like they had done it 1,000 times before. It is a route NFL quarterbacks and receivers practice meticulously, but Rocky Lombardi and Rison had not worked together before. In fact, this was the first time the two Michigan State commits had thrown together. Several reps later, when Rison broke on an out route and Lombardi fired it to the spot as he cut, it seemed clear these future teammates already had something of a rapport.