Decent story. The reason he got the scholarship can be seen in this paragraph, which is exactly what I had assumed.
"Even if he didn't play a single down for us, he's been good for our football team with the way he works and the example he sets in that wide receiver room," Taylor said. "He works all day like a mine mule. All you have to do is say hike, and he's ready to go. If you tell him to do something, he's going to try his best to get it done."
