RENTON — Quentin Jammer is already chuckling before he begins to tell the story of how he hardened his little brother in the front yard of their home in Angleton, Texas.
“It wasn’t abuse …” Jammer insists now, a classic older-brother preface to any good little-brother hijinks.
As with most things Jammer did with his little brother, Quandre Diggs, this story revolved around football.
“I used to make him stand out in yard,” Jammer begins, “and I would throw the ball at him as hard as I could. He had to catch it. He had to use his hands.