The coach can guide the young person as best he can. But the No. 1 thing is academics. The schools aren't going to recruit people they can't into the institution.

It's a little bit more to do with off-the-field ? academics and some things like that. (Head coach John L. Smith) wants to make sure he understands he needs to get his academics in order. So that's why he's there.

That's perhaps the most important thing. A good man can go have a good camp. Then he goes from a local recruit to a region or national recruit.

He has always been Coach Ingram to me. He was my high school coach. I've known him 30-plus years. He has been a father to me, like many other young men and young women. He looked after me like a father.

When you find your passion, nothing can stop you or should.

For me, a quarterback's best friend, especially a young quarterback's best friend, is a coach who believes in him.