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Quarterbacks Don't Grow on Trees! Except on This One Street

 

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Maybe there's something in the water: In a span of 11 years, five Norman High School quarterbacks have grown up on one street in this city.

 

With more than half the houses in Cynthia Circle not having any children whatsoever, the fact that five came from a few homes still astounds residents.

 

"We just found it the weirdest thing," said Julie Taylor, the mother of former Tiger players Zac and Press Taylor.

 

While Zac Taylor may be the most well-known and athletically accomplished of the group, he was not the first.

 

That honor goes to Jade Noles. The line of succession then fell to Kale Hartsock, Taylor, Press Taylor and, finally, Sam Tullius, the current Norman High School signal caller.

 

While Noles' success could have sparked the others to follow his path, others felt it was in their genes.

 

"It wasn't a shock they are quarterbacks," Julie Taylor said. "The weird thing is they all came from the same cul-de-sac."

 
I'm not sure to be honest. I'm trying to find that out. In the meantime, I ran across this old article on the JournalStar. I never knew he committed to OK St.

"(Mike) Gundy wanted him really bad," said Butch Peters, Zac's coach at Norman High. "Gundy and (Les) Miles went after him pretty hard."

 

In fact, before committing to OSU, Zac, for a short while, had an offer from Colorado. That didn't pan out, and Zac committed to OSU after attending a 7-on-7 camp in Stillwater.

 

Julie, whose parents once told her she could attend school anywhere she wanted, "except OSU," heard good-natured complaints from her family.

 

"One of my brothers would call every day and go, ?Has he changed his mind yet?' "

 

Well, one day, Zac did.

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