Kiran Amegadjie details the story of manifesting his way into being drafted by the Bears originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
“I told you, coach. I told you, coach.”
That’s Kiran Amegadjie’s plan coming full circle. He called his shot of being drafted by his hometown team, the Chicago Bears, and it came to fruition at the 2024 NFL Draft in April.
On Tuesday, he detailed the extraordinary story with the Bears.
The story takes place at Kemper Lakes, a golf course near the Lake Zurich suburb of Chicago. Amegadjie’s father, Boris, is a frequent of the club, golfing there and taking Amegadjie when he could growing up — sometimes making him caddy.
During the summer of 2023, Boris recognized Bears head coach Matt Eberflus playing golf at the club. At this time, Amegadjie was heading into his last season at Yale as an offensive tackle with NFL prospects.
Boris called up Amegadjie to tell him he saw Eberflus, inviting him to the course to talk to the Bears head coach. Initially, Amegadjie resisted, as he was sleeping and was a 45-minute drive from the course. But his father insisted he come, and he did.
Once Eberflus was at the turn, Amegadjie approached him and told him he was an offensive tackle at Yale. He also didn’t hesitate to predict the future. He told Eberflus the Bears would look to draft him in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Flash forward to April 2024, they did. The Bears selected Amegadjie — the Hinsdale native — in the third round with the No. 75 pick. When Eberlfus called him to congratulate him, he remembered what Amegadjie told him months earlier.
“A year ago you said you were gonna come to the Chicago Bears. You were right, huh?” Eberflus said.
“I told you, coach. I told you, coach,” Amegadjie responded over the phone.
“You did tell me. Tell your dad he’s got a new golf partner,” Eberflus said.
The video dives deep into Amegadjie’s upbringing from two African parents who valued their children’s education. And while Amegadjie prioritized their parents’ wishes by…
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Publish date : 2024-07-09 23:27:55
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