Philly.com: IF THEY GET WIND of his story, Hollywood producers will be rooting for Tahjere McCall to make the NBA. This kid already has a great story.

During his junior season at Engineering and Science High, McCall was your classic, still-feelin’-his-way neophyte. Now he owns a Division I scholarship.

The 6-4, 160-pound senior point guard, who earlier had made an oral commitment to D-II Holy Family, has signed with Niagara.

Don’t feel bad if McCall’s name is unfamilar. He literally came out of nowhere.

“I really don’t know how this all happened,” he said. “I never played AAU ball. Never had anyone working me out. I did do a lot of things on my own, trying to improve my game, and my dad [Gerald McCall] was helping me as best as he could, though he doesn’t know everything about teaching basketball.

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