Being in a coma for nearly three days as a 9-year-old and waking up with no remnants of brain injury after slamming the back of his head onto a concrete skateboard ramp was not enough to make Miami defensive end Mitchell Agude realize he is “blessed.”
Going to Nigeria in 2019 did that.
“After 2019 my whole life changed,’’ Agude, 23, a UCLA transfer and first-generation Nigerian-American who arrived in Miami this past winter from his home in Corona, California, told the Miami Herald earlier this month. “Before, when I would go to Nigeria when I was little, I didn’t see the difference between there and where I was. But when I went there in 2019 it really hit me how blessed I am even to be alive, to be in America — the opportunities I have.’’
