USA Today • April 2012
By Jon Saraceno
By Jon Saraceno
STANFORD, CA—
USA Today
Andrew Luck:Part nerd, part jock
Andrew Luck, appearing like any other slightly disheveled, scruffy college kid in army-green shorts, blue T-shirt and brown leather loafers, scrounges in his pocket and produces a prized possession.
The soon-to-graduate architectural design major and sooner-to-be-a-multimillionaire pulls out … a retro flip phone.
Stanford's scholarly All-America quarterback, whom the Indianapolis Colts confirmed will be the No. 1 selection in the first round of today's NFL draft, is not embarrassed. Of course, as the fresh face of the franchise in the post-Peyton Manning era, Luck might want to consider an upgrade.
"I don't know how old my phone is, but it was only $10," Luck says of his decidedly un-smartphone, a slightly battered Samsung. "It is a nice subconscious way of not having the Internet at your fingertips … e-mail, Twitter or Facebook."
Of course, Luck can easily replace his dated cellphone with newer technology when he reaches the pros. Question is, will he ever take Peyton's place?
"You don't replace a guy like that," he says.
Smart fellow.
Luck is no Luddite. He texts and uses e-mail but does not have accounts with social-media monsters Twitter and Facebook. In an age of tattooed, self-branded athletes, the 22-year-old son of law school graduates is a fascinating deviation, a down-to-earth student who revels in such mundane things as being the "self-proclaimed champion of Bananagram in our apartment-dorm."
A self-described "nerd," Luck would rather pedal his bicycle across the sprawling Pac-12 school campus than roar around in a conspicuous sports car. Occasionally, he shares a 3-year-old Honda Accord with younger sister Mary Ellen, a member of the Cardinal volleyball team...
USA Today
Andrew Luck:Part nerd, part jock
In an age of tattooed, self-branded athletes, the 22-year-old son of law school graduates is a fascinating deviation, a down-to-earth student who revels in such mundane things as being the "self-proclaimed champion of Bananagram in our apartment-dorm."
The soon-to-graduate architectural design major and sooner-to-be-a-multimillionaire pulls out … a retro flip phone.
Stanford's scholarly All-America quarterback, whom the Indianapolis Colts confirmed will be the No. 1 selection in the first round of today's NFL draft, is not embarrassed. Of course, as the fresh face of the franchise in the post-Peyton Manning era, Luck might want to consider an upgrade.
"I don't know how old my phone is, but it was only $10," Luck says of his decidedly un-smartphone, a slightly battered Samsung. "It is a nice subconscious way of not having the Internet at your fingertips … e-mail, Twitter or Facebook."
Of course, Luck can easily replace his dated cellphone with newer technology when he reaches the pros. Question is, will he ever take Peyton's place?
"You don't replace a guy like that," he says.
Smart fellow.
Luck is no Luddite. He texts and uses e-mail but does not have accounts with social-media monsters Twitter and Facebook. In an age of tattooed, self-branded athletes, the 22-year-old son of law school graduates is a fascinating deviation, a down-to-earth student who revels in such mundane things as being the "self-proclaimed champion of Bananagram in our apartment-dorm."
A self-described "nerd," Luck would rather pedal his bicycle across the sprawling Pac-12 school campus than roar around in a conspicuous sports car. Occasionally, he shares a 3-year-old Honda Accord with younger sister Mary Ellen, a member of the Cardinal volleyball team...