"Just having football, it's a gift." This article originally appeared on Visalia Times-Delta: 'God-given talent': Mt. Whitney's Israel Briggs is Visalia's top college football recruit When Israel ...

Scott was born in Visalia, CA, on January 3 ... and he graduated in 1998 from Mt. Whitney High School in Visalia. Scott went on to earn a degree in chemical engineering from San Jose State ...