--- description: Rice University successfully wooed a star high school quarterback by writing a recruiting letter to his cat. title: Rice University Woos Star High School Quarterback With Letter to Cat image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # College Woos Star High School Quarterback By Writing A Letter To His Cat by [Bijan Stephen](/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2014 8:36 PM CUT by [Bijan Stephen](/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2014 8:36 PM CUT College sports are serious business. That’s why the genius football recruiters over at Rice University successfully [wooed](http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/ncfrecruiting/on-the-trail/post/%5F/id/54922/letter-to-cat-helps-land-rice-a-qb-commit "undefined") a star high school quarterback, J.T. Granato, by writing a recruiting letter to his cat. The note—addressed to “Kitty Granato”—read: “Please help us to get J.T. to choose Rice,” adding, “\[p\]aw me in case you have any questions.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/104132/rice-university-football-quarterback-cat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/104132/rice-university-football-quarterback-cat/"},"headline":"College Woos Star High School Quarterback By Writing A Letter To His Cat","datePublished":"2014-05-18T20:36:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:45.981Z","description":"Meow.","url":"https://time.com/104132/rice-university-football-quarterback-cat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic","College Sports","College football"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Bijan Stephen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/104132/rice-university-football-quarterback-cat/","name":"College Woos Star High School Quarterback By Writing A Letter To His Cat"}}]}] ```