What Might Have Been

Football coach Buddy Teevens ’79 says a few

years ago an assistant showed him some tape of a promising young player out of California. Impressed with the footage, Teevens called up the rising senior and talked recruitment. "He was a veiy good guy, good grades, I really liked him," recalls Teevens. Alas, other schools showed similar interest, and in no time the recruit was off to the University of Nevada. Fast-forward a few years: The almost-Big Green player was an NFL quarterback, and he was starting in the Super Bowl. His name? Colin Kaepemick. "He's a hard worker," says Teevens. "Humble. It's been fun to watch the success he's had." Teevens sees the San Francisco 49ers star on occasion: Both participate in the Manning Passing Academy camps in Louisiana.