Tavares Martin Jr. and Isaiah Johnson-Mack grew up in the same rural pocket of Florida known colloquially as Muck City, an area that’s produced a wildly disproportionate number of NFL players over the years, especially at the receiver positions.
They both moved 40 miles to the east at some point and attended Dwyer High in West Palm Beach, Florida.
They both drew interest from a smattering of elite football programs and wound up enrolling at Washington State.
And they’ll probably be the Cougars’ starting outside receivers in a season opener Sept. 2 against Montana State.
Some of these parallels are coincidence.