It wasn’t hard for college coaches to physically overlook Brandon Averette.
When Averette, a 5-foot-9 1/2 sophomore point guard on the Oklahoma State basketball team, found his way into those coaches’ sightlines, though, he made it difficult for them to deny him what he worked for.
At Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas, Averette’s work ethic is “one of legend" in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, OSU coach Mike Boynton said.
Averette woke up about 6 a.m. and headed to the rec center about five minutes from his high school. He got up shots for about 40 minutes before heading to school for his team’s 7:30 a.