LATROBE, Pa. — One of the standout rookies in Pittsburgh Steelers training camp never had any intentions of playing football. Heck, Olasunkanmi Adeniyi didn’t know the game existed when he was growing up in Nigeria.
It wasn’t until Adeniyi’s family immigrated to the United States 10 years ago that he discovered the game. And that only happened because the former University of Toledo standout’s penchant for American fast food prematurely ended his soccer career.
“I didn’t know anything about football,” Adeniyi said Tuesday afternoon. “Football was soccer to me. I played soccer. Unfortunately, I got fat because I saw McDonald’s and I saw Domino’s.