GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Anybody who closely follows high school football recruiting has heard of Allen Trieu.
The West Michigan native is one of the premier analysts in the business, and he even appears on national broadcasts for the Big Ten Network on National Signing Day.
The road to become Scout.com’s Midwest Recruiting Manager started in middle school for Trieu.
“I had an eighth grade computers project and I had to build a website (and) I built a scouting website,” he said.
Somehow, his website got noticed and in part because his age wasn’t included, he got a unique opportunity.
“I went to the NFL Combine as a teenager,” he said. “I skipped my homeroom to do ESPN Radio to talk about the draft. That’s where it all started all because of an eighth grade project.
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