The Chargers scout was leaving pro day at Middle Tennessee State when he stopped to shake hands with guard Chandler Brewer, and to let him know that he tested well.
Brewer, a team captain for the past two seasons and a first-team Conference USA selection, thanked him before making the impossible transition into a disclaimer he’d been providing to any evaluator who didn’t know his story:
“You know, I battled with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma this year…”
According to Brewer, the scout’s bag hit the turf. He pulled out a notebook and began jotting everything down about the cancer that surfaced in Brewer’s left knee just a few months earlier.