In his freshman year, Akaninyene Umoh’s coach took away the Cal Poly football player’s PlayStation 3.
Umoh was enrolled in summer school, but back then, he wasn’t making the grade. Umoh needed to do well in his classes to be eligible to play football, but running backs coach Aristotle Thompson wasn’t about to let his player flunk.
The Cal Poly football team used three touchdowns from senior fullback Akaninyene Umoh to defeat Northern Colorado 42-14 in Greeley, Colo. on Saturday afternoon. It was the team’s final game of the season.
“Trust your Struggle.” The words are inked onto the forearm of Cal Poly defensive back Bijon Samoodi.