Former Los Al HS running back Cody Paul first burst on the scene as a Pop Warner football YouTube sensation in 2007. (see the video above).
Paul then went on to have a very nice career at Los Al (rushing for nearly 1,300 yards in his senior year) and further defying critics (with some troll-lines as “washed up at 17”) by having a nice career at Chadron State College where he made all Conference as a punt returner and even proposed marriage on the football field to his cheerleader girlfriend after his final home game. Forbes Magazine has a nice look at Cody after football.