Reading the article and it says that Coach Curtis pretty much is responsible for this guy getting a tryout with the NFL. Really neat story.
Can't even imagine what it would have been like to get this guy on campus.
"How did he get from that first block to Vikings training camp? In the most confusing way, but basically more of this: Hey man, you're big. A contact told Texas Tech assistant coach Kevin Curtis about Aiyegbusi. Texas Tech was interested and started recruiting him, but Aiyegbusi had played one year professionally in Germany, which made him ineligible for the NCAA.
Curtis then wrote his former agent, Jeff Griffin, and sent him a link to Aiyegbusi's highlight video."
"I watched the video and didn't really believe it," Griffin said. "What is this?"
He thought it was a joke, because Aiyegbusi was so much bigger than everyone else. On a video, you're never really sure exactly what you're seeing, who the other guys are, what's actually an optical illusion.
Curtis showed Griffin how to set up Skype on his computer and Griffin called Aiyegbusi, whose head filled most of the screen.
Can't even imagine what it would have been like to get this guy on campus.
"How did he get from that first block to Vikings training camp? In the most confusing way, but basically more of this: Hey man, you're big. A contact told Texas Tech assistant coach Kevin Curtis about Aiyegbusi. Texas Tech was interested and started recruiting him, but Aiyegbusi had played one year professionally in Germany, which made him ineligible for the NCAA.
Curtis then wrote his former agent, Jeff Griffin, and sent him a link to Aiyegbusi's highlight video."
"I watched the video and didn't really believe it," Griffin said. "What is this?"
He thought it was a joke, because Aiyegbusi was so much bigger than everyone else. On a video, you're never really sure exactly what you're seeing, who the other guys are, what's actually an optical illusion.
Curtis showed Griffin how to set up Skype on his computer and Griffin called Aiyegbusi, whose head filled most of the screen.
