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A son if Amazing Immigrant Parents, Spartan Football’s 2016 DT Commit Mike Panasiuk is Truly Living: The American Dream!

A son Of Amazing Immigrant Parents, Spartan Football’s 2016 DT Commit Mike Panasiuk is Truly Living: The American Dream!

In an era when football and basketball recruits are sometimes contacted by coaches as early as middle school, Mike Panasiuk is a rarity.

The 6-3 285 pound defensive tackle from Roselle, Illinois has only been playing the game since the eighth grade.

A natural ability and an unnatural motor catapulted Panasiuk to the top of the recruiting circuit for Illinois, and ultimately landed him with Michigan State.

“I didn’t know I was going to be in the position I am now, with the strength I have now,” he said.