Trent Irwin is emerging as a critical playmaker for Stanford

The highly decorated, equally talented, lanky 6-foot-2 wide receiver seemed to arrive on the Stanford campus to little fanfare. This would seem a little odd if one to were to comb over his high school football resume.

2014 Army All-American. 2015 Parade All-America First Team. The only four-year varsity starter during his years at Newell Hart (California) High School. The nation’s sixth-ranked receiver and just outside the top 30 overall in the Class of 2015. If there were a National High School Football Hall of Fame, Trent Irwin’s name should and would rocket straight to the first line of the ballot.

Make no mistake about it; Irwin was this close to spurning Stanford and choosing to join…