6’9″, 345-Pound 27-Year-Old from Poland Is NFL’s Unlikeliest Prospect

July 14, 2015   ·   Greg Couch   ·   Jump to comments

It started nine years ago near his home in Poland, Babatunde Aiyegbusi said, when "some guys on the street" approached him with this strange, inexplicable idea that maybe he would be good at American football, whatever that was. What gave them the idea?
"They said, 'Hey man, you're big. Maybe you want to try to play football?'" Aiyegbusi said. "I was like 'Nah. What is it?'"
Hey man, you're big. That was the extent of the pitch.     
A decade later, Aiyegbusi showed up in the U.S. for the first time, having never played in college. Or high school. Having played football seriously for just five years, and most of that in the Polish league in Wroclaw with little competition, few coaches and mediocre facilities.
Yet he drew two dozen scouts to his pro day workout in March, and the Minnesota Vikings signed him as an offensive tackle a day after the workout.
Why? He's 6'9" and 345 pounds. Hey man, you're big.
Aiyegbusi, at age 27, is still ...

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