Every time I come through the locker room or I show up for a meeting, I hear, 'Here's the old man. It comes with being around here for so long. They came in together. But they won't be leaving together. Fletcher has already moved on by leaving school early and declaring for this weekend's National Football League draft.
Players come and go.
Fletch was someone who I was really confident in. I'm out there with today. Fletcher won virtually every major award that can go to a defensive back, including the Jim Thorpe Award. With 21 career interceptions, including five that were returned for touchdowns, he cast a long shadow in the secondary. Because of Fletcher's presence, it was easy at times to overlook Echols' production.