Guy Giving Up Law School To Try Out For The Dolphins
Apparently the defensive line is a more inviting career than the defense bar.
Maybe forcing awful Jaguars games down their throats is paying off.
Lawrence Okoye, a British Olympian, has so fallen in love with American football after watching the game that he’s spending the summer trying to catch on with the Miami Dolphins, a move that will sadly justify the league’s decision to play multiple games every season that force fans to wake up at the crack of dawn all in service of prompting a handful of Brits to enjoy our version of football.
The 6’6″ 280 lb. — or should we say 20 stone! — Brit has bounced around the league for four seasons and he’s no guarantee to make the Dolphins, where he’d be an understudy to human penalty flag Ndamukong Suh, but this year marks a special turning point for the defensive (defencive?) tackle because this is the year that he has to choose whether or not to pass up his deferred admission to law school.
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He’s choosing football.
Okoye had an offer waiting for him to study at the Oxford Faculty of Law, but is giving that up for a shot to join the Dolphins this season. Prior to this, the closest a Dolphin’s come to the legal industry was Ray Finkle joining the police force.
Some would question passing up a chance to attend Oxford Law School with no guarantees from the Dolphins, but Okoye has no regrets.
Who are these people? Absolutely bypass law school to play football. One is a punishing career that promises hefty paydays for a relatively short time while exacting a heavy physical toll that will leave a broken human shell in its wake.
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The other is football.
Lawrence Okoye bypassing Oxford Law School for chance with Dolphins [ESPN]
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