When Stephen Carr was overwhelming defenses at Summit High School in Fontana, Calif., he was pursued by every school that thought it had even a glimmer at a chance at landing him.
A five-star recruit who rushed for 2,123 yards and 31 touchdowns as a senior, Carr not only got scholarship offers from nine of the schools in the Pac-12, but also Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and Tennessee. He was named an All-American by PrepStar and MaxPreps, not to mention All-California by USA Today.
But as a kid from southern California, he only wanted to play for Southern California. His high school was an hour away from Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and USC was the only team he’d ever rooted for.
Scenes From OutLoud Raising Voices Concert
By Out Traveler Editors
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Saro performs at the opening night of OutLoud: Raising Voices on June 4, 2021 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The award-winning LGBTQ concert series celebrates LGBTQ+Pride month with a 3-day in-person event featuring more than two dozen queer and allied artists and performers, which is also streaming exclusively on Twitch.tv/OfficiallyOutloud. Photo by Jon Viscott
Tucker Halpern (L) and Sophie Hawley-Weld (R) of Sofi Tukker and Frankie Grande at the opening night of OutLoud: Raising Voices on June 4, 2021 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Photo by Jon Viscott