Nassib turns to Chipotle to fuel transformation

CHIPOTLE FUEL'S NASSIB'S RISE

Carl Nassib might be the most unlikely story in all of college football, writes ESPN.com’s Josh Moyer. The younger brother of 2013 Senior Bowl quarterback Ryan Nassib wasn’t wanted by any of the smaller programs, either. So he walked on at Penn State as a 6-foot-6, 218-pound skinny freshman. With a nonstop work ethic and a diet consisting of Chipotle, he’s up to 270 pounds and second in the nation in sacks. ESPN.com chronicles how Nassib made the transformation.
Read the full story here: http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/124796/how-psus-carl-nassib-went-from-skinny-overlooked-walk-on-to-among-nations-sack-leaders

DOCTSON LIKE URLACHER?

TCU wide receiver Josh Doctson was a 160-pound freshman with a 4.7 40 time that was Wyoming’s leading receiver. After his first semester, his grandfather was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and wanted to be closer to home. Doctson transferred to TCU, where his mother works, and sat out the 2012 season due to NCAA transfer rules. Fast forward to 2015, and he’s not only TCU’s best receiver, but arguably the best in the nation. Coach Gary Patterson compares him to Brian Urlacher in terms of being a special talent.
Read the full story on Doctson’s journey from SportsOnEarth here: http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/153414592/tcu-horned-frogs-wide-receiver-josh-doctson

SON OF A SOONER

Being the son of a Sooner, Sterling Shepard was committed to Oklahoma from the start. But it was a tragic heart attack to Shepard’s father in 1999 that took his life and led Oklahoma to be committed to him. Bob Stoops became and Sterling Shepard became fixtures in each other’s lives and Shepard was always around the football program. Now he’s where he wanted to be, leading the Sooners as the team’s go-to receiver.
Watch the touching story from ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi here: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11751898.
You can also read the original story from NewsOK.com here: http://newsok.com/oklahoma-football-sterling-shepard-to-make-debut-on-same-field-where-his-late-father-played/article/3707832

REYNOLDS CHASING BALL'S TD RECORD

“If he had told me, ‘Oh yeah, you’ll come in and start Day 1,’ it would have told me he wasn’t being up front,” said Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds. The four-year starter already holds many records and perfectly operates Navy’s option but now he’s on the verge of Montee Ball’s all-time rushing touchdowns mark. He’s accomplished a lot at Navy but if not for a few phone calls and a blunt answer, he might have gone to Air Force.
Read the full story from ESPN.com here: http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/117286/navy-qb-keenan-reynolds-is-on-the-verge-of-setting-a-new-ncaa-standard

ZETTEL'S MOTIVATION

To play in a game the day after losing his father at age 46 to cancer had to be tough for Penn State’s Anthony Zettel. His family was at the game and hugged them during pregame instead of going to midfield for the coin toss. During his father’s fight, he played hard to make him proud and drove home to see him every weekend. Now with his father’s passing, Zettel says he a lot more to play for.
Read the story from campusrush.com here: http://www.campusrush.com/penn-state-anthony-zettel-1392903903.html?xid=cr_social