'15 AL DE Prince Tega Wanogho Jr. (Auburn Verbal)

ResLife Hero · Jan 6, 2015

Strong-Side Defensive End
Elmore, AL (Edgewood Academy)

Measurements

Height: 6'8"
Weight: 250

Rankings

Rivals: :s:

6.0 Rating, #NR AL, #NR SDE, #NR Overall
247: :s:

96 Rating, #4 AL, #3 SDE, #38 Overall
Scout: :s:

# TE, #182 Overall
ESPN: NR

247 Composite: :s:

95.6 Rating, #6 AL, #6 SDE, #86 Overall

Offers
Arizona State
Auburn
Baylor
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Illinois
Iowa State
Kentucky
LSU
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Oregon
South Carolina
Stanford
Tennessee
Texas
Vanderbilt

Highlights:

PLACforever · Jan 6, 2015

Looks like someone's cat jumped on the keyboard.

woolybug25 · Jan 6, 2015

ResLife Hero · Jan 6, 2015

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Top junior. RT <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnGarcia_Jr">@JohnGarcia_Jr</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NotreDame?src=hash">#NotreDame</a> offered Prince Tega Wenogho Jr. today. Expect more for the DE/TE <a href="http://t.co/HYONXge42w">http://t.co/HYONXge42w</a></p>— Irish Illustrated (@PeteSampson_) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeteSampson_/status/552531987119239169">January 6, 2015</a></blockquote>
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tko · Jan 6, 2015

connor_in · Jan 6, 2015

Prince Tega Wanogho Jr.Edit Strong-Side Defensive End
Elmore, AL (Edgewood Academy)
Ht: 6-8 | Wt: 250

When he arrived from Nigeria in August, Prince Tega Wanogho Jr. had never played football Now, he's a top-100 prospect

ResLife Hero · Jan 6, 2015

Auburn offers in-state DE originally from Nigeria

He's a 6-foot-8, 250-pound 2016 defensive end from Elmore (Ala.) Edgewood Academy.

A native of Nigeria, Tega Wanogho Jr.. has only played football one season in his entire life, and that was in the fall of 2014.

But while raw, he already is ranked as the No. 6 strong-side end in the 247Sports Composite.

wizards8507 · Jan 6, 2015

tko said:
RKG

I don't get it.

irishff1014 · Jan 6, 2015

Come on to ND big guy.

ND NYC · Jan 6, 2015

is he engaged to that girl whose dad owns all those McDowells hamburger franchises?

"he kicked Joe Louis's ass..."

TDHeysus · Jan 6, 2015

Prince? does he have his own money?

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gkIrish · Jan 6, 2015

I've never seen so many jokes from a fan base with a recent player with the same name

woolybug25 · Jan 6, 2015

gkIrish said:
I've never seen so many jokes from a fan base with a recent player with the same name

I think it has more to do with the fact that he's Nigerian... and named Prince.

wizards8507 · Jan 6, 2015

Is he actually a prince? The Auburn article calls him Tega Wanogho Jr.

Sherm Sticky · Jan 6, 2015

Want!

Crazy Balki · Jan 6, 2015

More on topic, do we honestly have any shot? Being that he lives in Alabama, me thinks no, but he is from Nigeria and we've seen to have done rather well with players of direct African descent. I'd hope he has grades as a top priority.

woolybug25 · Jan 6, 2015

Interesting article.

"I know they know about him, but Alabama hasn't really offered but a handful of kids for 2016 and they are getting ready for an important game so I know that has not been where their attention is with the 2016 class," said Carr. "To be honest, he has no idea about any of the schools that are recruiting him. He is pulling out a map to find out where the schools are, so I know he will take his visits, attend camps and pray on it. He is a religious kid and I just told him we wanted him to have a peace about wherever he decided to go.

"He has the maturity of a 40-year old man. One day when he was sick and we took him back to my house to rest, I got back and he had cleaned up my kitchen and took out the trash. That is the kind of kid he is. I look up in the bleachers one day during P.E. and he is just cutting up with a 10-year old kid like there was nothing to it. There is just an air about him where everyone enjoys being around him."

Tega, a 4.0 student, reinforced his coach's thoughts on recruiting as he is in absolutely no hurry to make a decision.

Nigerian foreign exchange student blossoms into coveted recruit

PANDFAN · Jan 6, 2015

Crazy Balki said:
More on topic, do we honestly have any shot? Being that he lives in Alabama, me thinks no, but he is from Nigeria and we've seen to have done rather well with players of direct African descent. I'd hope he has grades as a top priority.

saw somewhere not sure if correct but it stated he has a 3.8 gpa

tko · Jan 6, 2015

PANDFAN said:
saw somewhere not sure if correct but it stated he has a 3.8 gpa

Told you RKG!

Buster Bluth · Jan 6, 2015

I would sell my soul to see Prince Tega Wanogho Jr and Prince Sammons as Notre Dame's two 6'8 280+ DEs dominating on the field.

BeauBenken · Jan 6, 2015

Buster Bluth said:
I would sell my soul to see Prince Tega Wanogho Jr and Prince Sammons as Notre Dame's two 6'8 280+ DEs dominating on the field.

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GoldenToTheGrave · Jan 6, 2015

woolybug25 said:
Interesting article.

"He has the maturity of a 40-year old man."

His 40 year plan goes to 80 years old

TDHeysus · Jan 6, 2015

woolybug25 said:
I think it has more to do with the fact that he's Nigerian... and named Prince.

for me, it was just the name Prince; it always makes me think of Coming to America and the "He's got his own money" line from that movie. Whether he is an actual prince or not, doesn't really come into play for me.

ND NYC · Jan 6, 2015

does the Prince play hoops too?

Irish#1 · Jan 6, 2015

Better have Shembo give him a call.

blueNDgold44 · Jan 6, 2015

You would think him not being a Bama native would give us a little help. No hometown allegiances

ResLife Hero · Jan 6, 2015

Should we just have a staff member assigned to scouting Nigeria at this point?

In all seriousness though, do any programs scout internationally, or is football too US-specific? I know tons of basketball programs that keep one eye overseas for talent.

Crazy Balki · Jan 6, 2015

ResLife Hero said:
Should we just have a staff member assigned to scouting Nigeria at this point?

In all seriousness though, do any programs scout internationally, or is football to US-specific? I know tons of basketball programs that keep one eye overseas for talent.

Not likely. That would be extremely expensive and time consuming to send a coach/recruiter overseas on a consistent basis, and have to get immunized and paperwork/passports. Generally, most foreign athletes trying to play college ball come here.

ndfi78 · Jan 7, 2015

blueNDgold44 said:
You would think him not being a Bama native would give us a little help. No hometown allegiances

My first thought when I saw Elmore, AL was that we had no shot, at all, but since he has only been there a year maybe there is hope.

Henges24 · Jan 7, 2015

Is there any tape on this guy besides the pay sites?

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