MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Yodny Cajuste’s dream of becoming the next great power forward took a detour one day before his senior year at Miramar (Florida) High a few years ago.
Damon Cogdell, a former West Virginia University linebacker and Miramar’s football coach then, pulled Cajuste aside and asked him if he was interested in trying out for the football team.
The 6-foot-5-inch, 300-pound Cajuste - a sometimes small forward, sometimes power forward, sometimes center on the Miramar hoop team was spinning his wheels on the hardwood - so he figured why not?
What’s the harm?