... with some others at a Trojan round-table chat, to interview Frankie Telfort, the 2009 Trojan linebacker recruit from Gulliver prep school in Miami, Florida.

While this opportunity marked the first time I had engaged Telfort, it was by no means the first time I had heard of the then-No. 8 prep linebacker as rated by Scout.com.

Most recruiting junkies were well aware of his exploits on the field, the eye-popping measurables such as the 4.4 40-yard dash times, and the multitude of highlight-film hits he regularly dispensed to unfortunate opponents.

What I wasn't aware of and what became abundantly clear after our chat was just how intelligent and focused this young man was.

When asked what he hoped to accomplis...

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