It was at UL where Domangue picked up his first collegiate scholarship offer, from the Ragin' Cajuns and first-year coach Mark Hudspeth.

He picked up that offer after winning the kickoff competition at that camp.

"Coach was cracking some jokes and asked me how I liked his rims, because I kid you not, his golf cart has 22-inch rims," Domangue said with a laugh. "But then he got to business and asked me 'Hey, man, do you have anybody looking at you yet? Do you have any offers?' I told him I did have some schools interested, but I didn't have any offers. So he said back, 'Well, you just got your first one because we're going to offer you a scholarship.'

"When he said that to me, I couldn't do anything else except start smiling. ... I called my dad and he was excited. I called my aunt and she was excited. It was just an overall awesome time."

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By CASEY GISCLAIR