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Son of Italy, D’Angelo’s time to be “the guy” on CCU football team has come

Related Topics: D'Angelo, Italy, NCAA Division I

Shortly after Lorenzo D’Angelo took a leap of faith and left his native Rome, Italy, to enroll at Coastal Carolina, he realized the football being played at the Division I college football level was vastly different than what was being played in his young adult league back home.

“Once I got here I understood this level is not what I was used to,” D’Angelo said. “Like back home I was the guy, like ‘Just give the ball to Lorenzo, he’s going to do something.’ I came here and realized it’s a whole other league. It took some time.