Instead of Pennington. We'd probably never have remembered him today, other than "remember that guy that was drafted in the same round as Marc Bulger? What was his name?"

The team you're on matters a lot.

And naturally impossible to prove without a time machine. But that's what makes sports fun.

This SI article details his recruitment.

USC,UCLA and some others were hot on him for a bit.
Some coaches liked him more than others. USC's John Robinson wasn't crazy about him, but his assistant Mike Riley was.

If you read anything--read the part about the exchange between Brady and Lynn Swann when Brady was visiting USC. Hilarious shit:

• Click here for link at https://www.si.com/college/2018/01/30/tom-brady-recruitment-