By Ed Piper
It's always a hot topic for discussion, but this time Carson Diehl, younger brother of Jackson, star quarterback for La Jolla High's football team, was talking about a tournament in Dallas.
"Carson, have you ever had your hands measured?" asked a reporter, following up on a conversation they had a couple of weeks ago about Diehl's uncanny ability to snag interceptions on the football field. (He was named All-CIF primarily as a sophomore primarily because he led the county in interceptions with nine in Fall 2023.)
"No," replied Carson, "but I had my arm measured. This was at a tournament in Dallas."
He went on to say that his right arm--demonstrating by stretching his arm out to the side--was measured as "31"--inches in length from the shoulder.
Why at the tournament in Dallas?
That's where SMU is, one of the colleges Jackson, unrecruited despite a phenomenal senior season as a two-way threat (running and passing), is considering walking on as a non-scholarship player and trying out for the team.
"They didn't offer him much money," said Carson of SMU's non-athletic package. "It costs a lot to go to SMU, and they only offered him" (blank dollars--he gave an amount).
"If he doesn't get more, he'll probably go to U(niversity) of A(rizona) or Utah."
This was all on the practice putting green at Torrey Pines Golf Course before the Vikings' league match against Scripps Ranch Tues., April 16. First tee was scheduled at 4:12 p.m.
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