David Onyemata has a long way to go. And he knows it.
The diamond in the rough the New Orleans Saints found at the University of Manitoba still has to be cleaned and polished, cut from something raw into a finished product.
Onyemata, a Lagos, Nigeria, native who only started playing football five years ago, had his fair share of ups and downs at the Saints’ rookie minicamp, a three-day session that drove home the work he needs to do to catch up to players who have a lifetime spent learning the American game.
“I definitely do have a little bit more work to do, just based on what I did in Canada and the different schemes and whatnot,” Onyemata said.