Jake Fromm was duck hunting with his father, Emerson, one morning in January 2016 when he got a text saying that Georgia offensive coordinator Jim Chaney was popping by his high school in Warner Robins, Ga. Then a junior, Fromm had verbally committed to Alabama, but he’d grown up dreaming of playing quarterback for the Bulldogs and had recently received a scholarship offer from their new coach, Kirby Smart. Now Chaney wanted to introduce himself.
Fromm couldn’t risk being late to meet the coordinator, so he raced to Houston County High, arriving dressed head-to-toe in camouflage, face covered in dark paint.