David Ojabo is projected to go as high as the first-round of the NFL draft.
David Ojabo had never played football. The sport wasn't very popular in Aberdeenshire.
He will become an NFL star later this year after declaring for the 2022. By the end of April, the 21-year-old could be one of the most lavishly-paid Scottish athletes on the planet.
Projections have the Michigan linebacker going as high as the first-round. Not bad for a kid who had his pants on backwards the first time he showed up for basketball practice.
He told the Scottish Broadcasting Corporation two years ago that he would never have thought he would be an American football player.
I am trying to make money, I am trying to go to the NFL, I am trying to provide for my family, and make dreams come true."
Soccer, basketball, and potential NFL greatness are just some of the things that have been mentioned.
In 10.8 seconds, from basketball to 100m.
Ojabo's family moved to Aberdeen when he was seven years old. Does he consider himself Scottish? I love it, man. He said last month that Scotland is home.
He left to attend a high school in New Jersey a decade after he was supposed to be a basketball player. His switch of sports was solidified by an eye-catching outing on the track.
I ran a fast 100m and people turned their heads. He said that he gave it a try because he saw that he was big and fast and that was a recipe for American football.
I was athletic, I won the pre-state championship for track, so people were like 'WOW, this big guy...' People were saying "you have got to try, you have got to try" from then on.
David Ojabo spoke about his goal to play in the National Football League.
Ojabo, who is 6ft 5ins and weighed just under 18 stone, admits he had some initial reservations.
He was a soccer player and a basketball player, and all those head shots didn't seem appealing. I saw what the future held when I looked past the full grown men going at full speed into each other.
I had to get over my fear. It's a test of will to see who wants it more.
My time is coming, I'm waiting on my time.
Ojabo gained an impressive reputation after a season of high school football. He received 35 scholarship offers from the US's top educational institutions and chose the University of Michigan.
Ojabo said that he went in with zero expectation and that he would work to see what happens.
Michigan is great. I feel like it had a little Scotland in it, so I felt like it could set me up for the future, the best after football and with football, and it was just where I felt most at home.
Ojabo became a darling of crowds in excess of 100,000 at the throbbing Michigan Stadium after two quiet seasons.
He said in 2020 that he takes it in every time he goes. When I leave the tunnel, I look out at the fans and wait for my time to come.
