Washington Commanders' newly signed linebacker Odafe Oweh entered the NFL in 2021. He attended Penn State University for three seasons before entering the draft, but before committing to the Nittany Lions, Oweh had only been playing football for a couple of years. Previously, his sport was basketball, but when he got kicked off the basketball team, he turned to football.
Oweh was asked about his history with football after the Commanders' training camp practice concluded on Tuesday.
"It's the craziest story," Oweh replies. "I had to switch my career last second. I got kicked off the basketball team, and I had to make a decision. Am I going to keep trying to be LeBron James, or am I going to pivot and find my Plan B? And I did, gladly. The second school that I ended up going to, Blair Academy, they actually made me play two sports. So I wouldn't have even had to play basketball if it wasn't that. That was the only school that was trying to admit me and everything, so it was kind of God shifting things in my place.
"I started playing when I was 16. I redid my junior year, and after that, the rest is history."
Oweh goes on to talk about how college scouts started to recruit him after one season. Rutgers was one of the first to reach out, but after that, he heard from places like Alabama, Ohio State, Penn State, and Florida, among others. He talked about how he never thought schools of that caliber would ever take a chance on a guy who'd only been playing for one year, yet they were.
#Football #going #kicked
Oweh was asked about his history with football after the Commanders' training camp practice concluded on Tuesday.
"It's the craziest story," Oweh replies. "I had to switch my career last second. I got kicked off the basketball team, and I had to make a decision. Am I going to keep trying to be LeBron James, or am I going to pivot and find my Plan B? And I did, gladly. The second school that I ended up going to, Blair Academy, they actually made me play two sports. So I wouldn't have even had to play basketball if it wasn't that. That was the only school that was trying to admit me and everything, so it was kind of God shifting things in my place.
"I started playing when I was 16. I redid my junior year, and after that, the rest is history."
Oweh goes on to talk about how college scouts started to recruit him after one season. Rutgers was one of the first to reach out, but after that, he heard from places like Alabama, Ohio State, Penn State, and Florida, among others. He talked about how he never thought schools of that caliber would ever take a chance on a guy who'd only been playing for one year, yet they were.
#Football #going #kicked
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