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Former Cougar Ziggy Ansah fulfilling dream of helping kids in Ghana through football

Courtesy Chad Lewis

Former BYU football players, and current Detroit Lion defensive lineman Ezekiel "Ziggy" Ansah held a football camp for youth in his native Ghana last summer.

PROVO — On the day before the 2013 NFL draft in New York City, BYU's Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah and other draft hopefuls helped with an NFL-sponsored clinic involving hundreds of schoolchildren.

Standing on a field in a park surrounded by skyscrapers in Manhattan beneath sunny skies that warm spring morning, Ansah sported fluorescent yellow shoes and a broad smile as he taught the kids a variety of football fundamentals.