It became almost box office viewing - racking up more than 20 million views on YouTube – largely helped by the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office which brought the scandal to wider public attention.

“We’re obviously racking with this in our brains. This year is very different. We saw a flip in the Imperial Valley that we thought we’d get.”

Scenes of squalor, drug use and petty crime have spawned a subculture of gonzo-style documentary videos racking up hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube.

“Whether it’s deliberate, whether it’s accidental, nonetheless they are still racking up all of these fines.”

His senior year, Burnett led the Monsoons with 525 yards and seven rushing touchdowns in the backfield, while racking 104 tackles, including five tackles for a loss.