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President Obama Applauds ​'Heroic' ​Young Athletes, Loses Game of HORSE

It's not every day you get to meet the Leader of the Free World.

"I was starstruck as soon as I saw Obama," Jamal Holloway told Bleacher Report. "I was afraid to say my name wrong, it felt like my hands were really sweaty, and I was just kind of falling apart with nerves."

The 3-star college football recruit was among a small collection of Camden athletes who took part in an intimate meeting with President Barack Obama during his May 18 visit to the tough New Jersey city. A 2011 study of 432 American cities identified Camden as the poorest and home to the highest crime rate per capita, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.