Tennessee interested in Nigerian former soccer player

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Update: As of March 23, Ezeike has also added an offer from Boston College, while TCU, Nebraska, Cal, and Tennessee have reached out. He is well on his way to having 20 or 30 offers.
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I spoke to Ezeike after the camp, and it’s clear to me that he is about to blow up. Ezeike is of Nigerian descent, and he grew up playing soccer, not football. He is just now coming into his own, learning both the game and how to use his big, still-growing body.

Put Ezeike in the mega camps that have already happened this year in Dallas, Houston, Miami, Orlando, wherever — he’d still stand out. Currently rated the No. 128 receiver in the nation, Ezeike is criminally underrated, and is just scratching the surface of his potential.
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http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...856/michael-ezeike-2018-receiver-ontario-star
 
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I heard rumors that our Administration is interested in Nigerian princes too. Something about some email... I trust the higher ups know what they are doing.
 
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Receiver? I'm sure he can run like the wind. But only(I assume) being a soccer star concerns me a bit. This is a sport where he was trained from a child to keep the hands away from the ball on the field. How is he going to become SEC ready as a pass catcher even with Usain Bolt speed to separate?

Note: The only adult soccer match I've ever attended was in Nigeria of all places. Those people are dead serious about it.
 
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livefaith said:
Receiver? I'm sure he can run like the wind. But only(I assume) being a soccer star concerns me a bit. This is a sport where he was trained from a child to keep the hands away from the ball on the field. How is he going to become SEC ready as a pass catcher even with Usain Bolt speed to separate?

Note: The only adult soccer match I've ever attended was in Nigeria of all places. Those people are dead serious about it.
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Maybe he was a goalie!?!?!
 
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Soccer would be conducive to learning DB. Lot of backpedalling and change of direction.
 
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livefaith said:
Receiver? I'm sure he can run like the wind. But only(I assume) being a soccer star concerns me a bit. This is a sport where he was trained from a child to keep the hands away from the ball on the field. How is he going to become SEC ready as a pass catcher even with Usain Bolt speed to separate?

Note: The only adult soccer match I've ever attended was in Nigeria of all places. Those people are dead serious about it.
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He started playing football as a freshman. Plenty of time to learn the position.
 
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Well... must be interested for reals... heard we sent 1 million dollars by Western Union to an account in Nigeria. Fully refundable after he signs.
 
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butchna said:
Soccer would be conducive to learning DB. Lot of backpedalling and change of direction.
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Also much easier to get a hand in there or swat away the ball than actually catching it. In my opinion anybody that has a small frame hasn't grown up playing football should try D.B first.
 
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livefaith said:
Receiver? I'm sure he can run like the wind. But only(I assume) being a soccer star concerns me a bit. This is a sport where he was trained from a child to keep the hands away from the ball on the field. How is he going to become SEC ready as a pass catcher even with Usain Bolt speed to separate?

Note: The only adult soccer match I've ever attended was in Nigeria of all places. Those people are dead serious about it.
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Its a ball that you catch. This is not a difficult concept.
 
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