Tom Brady never played for an L.A. team, but left his mark on Southern California

“We don’t have room for Brady,” USC coach John Robinson stated throughout the future GOAT’s senior 12 months in highschool.

(Chris Martinez / Related Press)

Fall 1994
Senior 12 months of highschool

Brady was the quarterback of a 5-5 Junipero Serra Excessive Faculty workforce in San Mateo who, regardless of the middling file, had attracted the discover of Division I schools. Halfway via his senior 12 months, he had whittled his prime selections to USC, UCLA, Cal, Illinois and Michigan, based on creator Seth Wickersham in his bestselling e-book “It’s Higher to Be Feared.” Trojans offensive coordinator Mike Riley was particularly enamored of Brady and had developed a robust relationship with the participant and his household throughout a 12 months and a half courtship. That fall, Brady would scale back his record to USC and Michigan.

That winter, nevertheless, USC ended up making the selection for Brady. “Riley flew north to see the Bradys and arrived at their home,” Wickersham writes, “a spot he had been many instances earlier than, together with just some weeks earlier. Riley was pleasant, however regarded ashen. He had dangerous information. A number of days earlier, head coach John Robinson had instructed Riley that the Trojans had landed a dedication from a quarterback out of the Chicago suburbs named Quincy Woods. “We don’t have room for Brady,” Robinson stated.

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