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Fitzpatrick is not the first high-caliber quarterback to teach Mazza a thing or two—he spent two of his years at Thousand Oaks High School in California playing with the No. 1 high school quarterback in the country, Ben Olson. He’s quick to acknowledge, however, that college is a whole new ballgame...
...played with Ben my sophomore and junior years in high school and he seemed amazing then,” Mazza says. “Playing with Ryan and [junior quarterback] Garrett [Schires], two years older, they seem two more years advanced than...
Though Ivy League opponents know him as an offensive threat, in high school, Mazza did double-duty as a defensive back. He was no slouch on defense, nabbing a conference record 14 interceptions his senior year. But his heart is in the role of wide receiver, and that’s how most colleges recruited...
This is part of the reason why, despite his talent, Mazza is reluctant to lay claim to the title of heir to Morris’ legacy. He has seen the same recruiting song-and-dance enough times to be wary of any guarantees of glory...
...When the coach recruits you, it’s ‘Oh, you’re the guy, you’re the guy,’” Mazza says wryly, recounting stories of being put up in five-star penthouse suites and taken out to steak dinners. “And then as soon as I come in I’ll be stuck in the dorm, eating dorm food, getting up at four in the morning and running...