Cameron Higgins was ready to hang his football cleats up and call it a career.
After a successful stint as quarterback at St. Louis High School in Hawaii Kai, Hawaii, Higgins was prepared to walk away from the game and get a job for a couple of years and then eventually enroll in a college. As an honorable mention all-state selection by state coaches, Higgins figured he would have some interest from some smaller colleges and be able to extend his football career.
Higgins put together a highlight tape of his play from high school and sent it to coaches all over the country, but never heard back.
The only offer he had was to walk on at the University of Hawaii, but Higgins didn't want to ask his parents to pay for college, so he declined.
With that, he was ready to move on.
"Playing in Hawaii, you don't get a lot of exposure," Higgins said. "I sent out tapes and did pretty much everything I could, but it just didn't seem like anything was going to work out."
Just a couple of months before Higgins was ready to start working and move on with his life, his uncle got a hold of him and told him he might have a lead. Higgins' uncle was good friends with Weber State coach Ron McBride and had sent the coach Higgins' highlight tape.
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