late bloomer

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A lightly recruited prospect who didn’t play elite junior hockey and took the long road to the NHL, he is a stirring case for the late bloomer, a candidate overlooked in youth sports, amok in their emphasis on winning and shaking parents down for money.

From The Wall Street Journal

Duvall was sort of a late bloomer in Hollywood -- he was already 31 when he delivered his breakout performance as the mysterious recluse Boo Radley in the 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."

From Barron's

Duvall was a late bloomer in the profession -- he was 31 when he delivered his breakout performance as the mysterious recluse Boo Radley in the 1962 film adaptation of Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird."

From Barron's

“A man with a mattress on the ground has a whole lot of nerve,” says Cherisse Yanit-Nadal, one of the book club members, while discussing the characters of “Late Bloomer” by Mazey Eddings.

From Los Angeles Times

“She had let the weeds grow,” Yanit-Nadal said of a character in “Late Bloomer.”

From Los Angeles Times