Benjamin Hochman: 2 Black quarterbacks starting in Super Bowl is historic, inspiring and important

You want to be what you can see.

In the early 2010s, an impressionable teenager named Tré Moore watched numerous St. Louis high school quarterbacks who were Black.

“It means a lot to younger guys when you see Black quarterbacks doing special things,” said Moore, who named Glenn Bradford (Lutheran North), Kahlid Hagens (Maplewood-Richmond Heights) and Mike Glass (Hazelwood Central), among others. “It’s really inspiring. It just gives you a vote of validation and confidence to keep pushing and working — and maybe you can do that, as well.”