A scholarship without watching him playSourced
A U.S. college recruited a German player it had never seen play.
In 2020, American football player Leander Wiegand was offered an athletic scholarship by the University of Central Florida. According to his trainer, the college had not watched him in a game and based its decision on his athletic ability.
His potential reached the college before his game footage did.
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