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Pull out a map and point your right index finger to northeast Pittsburgh. Between your first and second knuckle sits a tiny town named Indiana, where the Division II Crimson Hawks produce NFL talent like Jamaica does hockey players. But they found him there at Indiana University Pennsylvania, all right. The good people of Blesto Scouting rolled into Indiana two years ago to analyze Akwasi Owusu-Ansah. Only there was one problem: It was snowing. So instead of losing the moment, instead of potentially losing for good a chance to run in front of scouts, Owusu-Ansah said he'd run inside. In a hallway.
"We moved some tables and chairs, and I ran," he says.
Pull out a map and point your right index finger to northeast Pittsburgh. Between your first and second knuckle sits a tiny town named Indiana, where the Division II Crimson Hawks produce NFL talent like Jamaica does hockey players. But they found him there at Indiana University Pennsylvania, all right. The good people of Blesto Scouting rolled into Indiana two years ago to analyze Akwasi Owusu-Ansah. Only there was one problem: It was snowing. So instead of losing the moment, instead of potentially losing for good a chance to run in front of scouts, Owusu-Ansah said he'd run inside. In a hallway.
"We moved some tables and chairs, and I ran," he says.
Akwasi Owusu-Ansah has spent almost this entire draft process being compared to Tennessee State standout Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie who came out of nowhere in 2008 to become the first round pick of the Arizona Cardinals. Two years later Rogers-Cromartie is a Pro Bowl caliber CB for the Cards. Can Owusu-Ansah live up to those expectations? Owusu-Ansah has family heritage from the West African country of Ghana. He was originally born in Gainesville, FL and moved to Columbus, OH shortly there after. His name means “Born on Sunday.”
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