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As a freshman in high school, Ahmad Masood walked onto a surface he never anticipated — the turf of a football field.
Before joining the Cranbrook Kingswood High School (Michigan) football team, Masood had to learn some of the basics of the game that his peers already learned from Pop Warner Little Scholars and middle school: strapping the buckles on his shoulder pads, adjusting the chin straps on his helmet and lacing up his specialized football cleats.