A few years after picking up his third Super Bowl title, while waiting for a coffee at the Starbucks in Highland Park Village, Troy Aikman found himself in a conversation.
Since Aikman played a little quarterback back in the day, the man was wondering what he thought of the kid right down the street, Matthew Stafford. He’d heard the high school senior was considered the top quarterback in the state and the country.
“I need to let UCLA know about him,” Aikman said of his alma mater.
