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Five good minutes with Devine Ozigbo: On Texas high school football, and proving people wrong

Hometown: Sachse, Texas

Of note: In the five games he's started this season, he’s rushed for 620 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 124.0 yards per game and 9.3 yards per carry as a starter. He’s averaging 7.4 rushing yards per carry for the season, which ranks fourth in NCAA Division I. He played high school football in Texas at Sachse High School near Dallas.

On the compliment he’s received this season that means the most to him: “Probably that they know I won’t stop fighting, and maybe they were wrong.