Olatoke relishing 'crazy journey' from Scotland to LA Chargers

LA Chargers' caller Scottish wide receiver, Praise Olatoke, has described his travel from Nigeria via Glasgow to nan National Football League arsenic "crazy".

The 24-year-old has joined nan Chargers aft he grounded to gain a spot pinch nan Philadelphia Eagles erstwhile he attended a rookie minicamp successful May.

Olatoke was calved successful Nigeria but moved to Scotland erstwhile he was conscionable 5 years aged and was a pupil astatine Cardonald Primary School successful Glasgow earlier attending St Columba’s successful Kilmacolm.

"It's a crazy journey, honestly," he said. "I was conscionable talking to my mom yesterday astir really acold I've came from.

"From Kinning Park to Los Angeles is conscionable nuts to deliberation astir nan different directions and countries and cities taken to get here, truthful I it feels great. It was a crazy story.

"I strive to unrecorded for illustration a life of escapade and this is thing that benignant of proves that. I'm conscionable going for adventure. Yeah, I'm excited. I'm fresh to spot wherever this takes me."

Olataku says that, aft nan disappointment of missing retired connected a spot pinch nan Eagles, he was unsure if his dream of playing NFL would travel true. Then nan telephone came from LA.

"To beryllium very, very candid, aft I sewage backmost from Philadelphia, I didn't cognize if nan convention was going to activity retired for me." he said. "So I spent 2 3 weeks benignant of decompressing from football, reflecting connected what I want to do.

"I was starting to make moves for illustration my adjacent adventure. I didn't cognize wherever life was going next.

"But I don't limit myself and what I deliberation I tin do. I want to spell to Mars, truthful I'll spell to nan Moon. Eventually, I deliberation I'll do it."

Olatoke will return to Scotland adjacent week past caput backmost crossed to nan United States for a four-week training campy earlier nan commencement of nan NFL play successful September.