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    How Joe Burrow's hometown followed the quarterback into the 'Who Dey' army

    THE PLAINS, Ohio — He dribbled an imaginary basketball around the room before taking aim at a hoop only he could see. The 6-year-old — in his unbridled, joyous world — was an NBA legend. "LeBron James!" he squealed. "That's when it hit me," said Nathan White, Joe Burrow's offensive coordinator in high school, recounting watching his little boy, Sam. "For the next 15 years, on playgrounds and ...
    by Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times Feb 10, 2022 7 minutes

    THE PLAINS, Ohio — He dribbled an imaginary basketball around the room before taking aim at a hoop only he could see.

    The 6-year-old — in his unbridled, joyous world — was an NBA legend.

    "LeBron James!" he squealed.

    "That's when it hit me," said Nathan White, Joe Burrow's offensive coordinator in high school, recounting watching his little boy, Sam. "For the next 15 years, on playgrounds and in backyards across this country, there are going to be little kids pretending to be Joe Burrow.

    "You know, we like to say Joe's just a kid from southeast Ohio. But he's not anymore. He's one of the mythical people in the NFL to a child. Of all this stuff happening right now, that's what I can't believe."

    This is where the road started for Burrow, the road that makes its next stop at SoFi Stadium for Super Bowl LVI on Sunday when he leads the Cincinnati Bengals against the Rams.

    Before he was Cincinnati's young, ceiling-smashing quarterback, Burrow was leading Athens High football to heights unseen in the rural reaches of the Appalachian foothills.

    In his three varsity seasons, he threw for 157 touchdowns and 6 1/2 miles

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