High School
How Sam McGuffie Became the Internet's First Football Recruit
Nearly two decades after his highlight tape revolutionized high school recruiting, Sam McGuffie looks back on a wild athletic career and looks forward to what's next.
Every six months or so, in a quiet moment after he’s put his kids to bed, Ben Onda finds himself rewatching the YouTube video he made at 16 years old that changed his entire life.
Onda is a full-time video editor who owns his own LLC, Onda Top Media. His career has crossed paths with future Hall of Famers in the Houston area, like James Harden, Russell Westbrook, and Andre Johnson. But he’s convinced that his high school buddy Sam McGuffie, the blur on the other end of the screen hurdling defenders, is the greatest athlete he’s ever seen.
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