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EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — Babatunde Aiyegbusi's T-shirt declares "I'M KIND OF A BIG DEAL," as if anyone in this shopping complex coffee shop wouldn't have noticed.
The massive Polish offensive tackle is listed at 6-9 and 351 pounds on the Minnesota Vikings' roster, and his American dream is outsized to match, weeks after he became one of the most improbable prospects ever to ink an NFL contract.
"What surprised Ryan (Monnens, the Vikings' director of pro scouting) – I wasn't jumping around, like big, happy of signing it," Aiyegbusi recalled recently between sips of a remarkably tiny-looking iced tea.