SAN BERNARDINO — The plan. It was the plan that changed Asaad Chapman’s college plans. The plan he hadn’t planned on until James Griffin-Avant laid it all out in 3D living color for him.

The first-year San Bernardino Valley College football coach knew a gift when he saw one. And standing before him was a true gift missing only the ornate bow: a 6-foot-4, 190-pound cornerback with the speed of a gazelle and the wingspan of a pterodactyl. Gifts like this didn’t drop through the chimneys of moribund football programs like SBVC’s, programs that hadn’t won a football game in two years.

But there was Griffin-Avant in his office, staring at Chapman and his twin brother, Ahamad, barely concealing his glee when they announced they were transferring from Riverside City College to SBVC.

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