I was like, how long am I going to miss?

Like four to six weeks?

Like, no, no, no, no.

You're done for the season.

Just missing all of that was honestly, Chris, it was devastating.

I'm Chris Long, and this is American Prodigies becoming great.

On this podcast, we highlight the fascinating career journeys of current and former football players.

Each episode, we take you on a trip through a player's life, and along the way, explore what it means to be great.

Because greatness comes in all shapes and sizes, and every path is one of a kind.

Today we're going to tell the story of a player who was a force to be reckoned with for years.

A master disruptor, this man once had six sacks in a single game.

His unlikely journey brought him from the UK to Nigeria and finally to the US.

The fact that he was discovered at all was due to a huge stroke of luck.

And thank God for that, because otherwise we would have missed out on a fantastic all-pro

player.

Our subject is Osi Umanura. To start things off, let's just set the record straight about Osi Uminura.

To start things off, let's just set the records straight about Osi's name.

Did you just break news? Is it Uminura? Are we, have we all been saying it wrong?

Yeah, it's actually Uminior.

That's fucking crazy, dude.

Yeah.

More breaking news.

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