‘”Sometimes the one you don’t think will make it is the one that makes it,” former Lamar coach Eddy Peach said. “His character was just tremendous, so you knew he stood a chance to be successful at whatever he wanted to do. But he was always pretty small. He had ability but not what you’d consider great ability, compared to somebody like LaDainian Tomlinson. So, no, you wouldn’t have thought Fred was going to be an NFL player.”‘