U Sports lineman Giovanni Manu on getting drafted by the Detroit Lions
He said, Hey kid, if you take this serious for the next four to five years, you could be the next big thing I would use towards you could be potentially drafted into the NFL. Born and raised in Tonga, extremely, you know, proud to be from there. I came from humble beginning. Families there get by by farming or doing blue collar work. Ultimately, you know, my mom made the sacrifice by sending, you know, myself and and my siblings up here to Vancouver, Canada. It wasn’t until I got to UBC here in my first fall training camp, my head coach here, Blake Mill, pulled me aside and he saw the. Potential within me. And he told me, you know, hey kid if if you take this serious for the next four to five years you could be the next big league out of you sports. You could be potentially drafted into the NFL. He’s a kid Ever since I joined this sport you know I’ve I’ve always watched the NFL draft every year. You know experiencing it through reality myself. Those are dream come true. You know extremely happy. I’m just ready to head down there and go to work.