Childhood friends were reunited in Boise State’s secondary this year.
Former Cal cornerback Jeremiah Earby transferred to Boise State in January. He’s playing opposite A’Marion McCoy, who led the Broncos with three interceptions last season after beginning his career at Laney College in California.
They met when they were just 4 years old and grew up in the same neighborhood in East Palo Alto, California. They played on the same football team as kids, earned the nickname “Twin Towers” on their middle school basketball team and played football together at Menlo-Atherton High School.
“He was like my right-hand man,” McCoy said. “We never did anything without each other.”
After a couple of years apart, McCoy and Earby are attending the same school and suiting up for the same team once again. They’re also living together, which is bringing up a host of childhood memories, Earby said.
“It’s like a sleepover that never ends,” Earby said Monday.
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