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Yes, the Manning Passing Academy has grown into a national event. This is the 30th year. More than 1,200 players are back at Nicholls State this week, with quarterbacks, receivers, tight ends and running backs coming from across the country. The camp has become a stop for the best college quarterbacks in the country, a place where future NFL players work as counselors before they reach the league. But the whole thing still feels local because it is local. Because it never let the seedy side of sports steal its soul.
Lasseigne’s homecoming story is one we found more than once while working on this issue. Scott Wattigny returned to Holy Cross, Michael Courville returned to Teurlings Catholic, and Jeremy Turcotte returned to Bay High in Bay St. Louis, former players who came back to lead the programs that helped shape them. For these coaches, the school colors, rivalries and traditions weren’t things they had to learn when they took the job. They grew up with them.
Mike Detillier, “The Football Guy,” was a fullback and linebacker at Central Lafourche High School who went on to become one of the most trusted voices in football. In 1983, he launched Mike Detillier’s NFL Draft Report, which grew into a must-read guide for coaches, scouts and diehard fans alike. He later became a regular on WWL Radio, working with a lineup of legends that included Buddy D, Hokie Gajan, Jim Henderson and Bobby Hebert. He also appeared on HTV’s Sports on the Bayou. Detillier died of cancer on Sept. 6.
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