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FIU Football: The Importance of a Scholarship for Walk-Ons

While preparing for a conditioning session last summer, Tommy Zozus received what he thought was an ordinary text from FIU Director of Football Operations Jed Keime — come to my office and sign some paperwork.

Not knowing what to expect, the junior long-snapper walked to Keime’s office - unaware that his collegiate career was about to change drastically.

“I walked in the office, still kind of unsure what to expect and I saw Jed, Joe (Hausman) and Coach (Butch) Davis and they all told me that I was on scholarship,” said Zozus. “I was speechless, it honestly felt like a dream and even to this moment it still feels unreal because so much pressure was lifted off my family with one text.