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Njengomuntu ohlaselayo Atonio Mafi izinguquko kusuka UCLA ku-NFL, wabelana ngohambo lwakhe nombhali wezisebenzi ze-Times Ben Bolch ngokusebenzisa idayari yamasonto onke eholela ku- 27 Ephreli okusalungiswa. Kuleli sonto, uMafi uxoxa ngokubaluleka kombukiso omuhle amaBruins‘Pro usuku.
Kube wumqansa ukungamenywa kwinhlanganisela ye-NFL, kodwa lokho kulungile.
Ngizokwenza usuku lochwepheshe lwe-UCLA ngoLwesithathu lube olwami oluhlanganisayo. Ngizizwa sengathi ngilungele ukukhombisa ama-scouts engingakwenza.
Selokhu isizini iphele ngasekupheleni kukaDisemba, bengizilolonga okwamanje. ngichithe izinyanga ezimbalwa eFlorida ngaphambi kokubuyela eWestwood muva nje ngilungiselela ukukhombisa zonke izindlela engithuthuke ngazo.
Ngithole impendulo enhle endleleni, ngizuza ukunconywa kubaqeqeshi e-East-West Shrine Bowl kanye nomeluleki wami eFlorida, owayekade eCincinnati Bengals ushiye u-Willie Anderson. Ungitshele ukuthi ngikwehlise kabili kulokho engizethemba ngakho, ukuba ngumvimbi wokugijima – wonke umuntu uzokulindela lokho kimi, ngakho kufanele ngiqinisekise ukuthi ngiyaqhubeka nokukukhombisa lokho. Senze nomsebenzi omningi kumasethi ami okudlula futhi kufanele ngikwazi ukukubonisa lokho ngosuku lwe-pro, ukukhombisa ukuthi ngingcono ngokuvinjwa kokudlula nokusebenzisa izandla zami.
Idayari yokusalungiswa ye-NFL ka-Atonio Mafi
Chip Kelly futhi kungenze ngaba nokuzethemba okukhulu. Wangitshela ukuthi ngingazikhathazi ngokuthi ngizodlulwa kule nhlanganisela nokuthi ngisazobhalwa. Umqeqeshi unesipiliyoni esiningi sokuthumela abadlali esikwatini, ngakho nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uyayazi into akhuluma ngayo.
Ngibone uhlaka olulodwa olungenze ngakhuphukela phezulu njengomzuliswano wesithathu. Lokho kungaba kuhle kakhulu, kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi lokho kuwukuqagela nje komuntu futhi ngidinga ukufakazela ukuthi kufanele ngiqokwe phezulu kangako. Kufanele ngiqinisekise ukuthi ngihlala ngithobekile futhi ngigxile emsebenzini okufanele wenziwe.
Ngibheke ngabomvu ukubona wonke umuntu ephuma e-Spaulding Field ngosuku lwe-pro. Kuzozwakala njengokuhlangana kabusha nabaningi bethu ama-Bruins sibuyele ndawonye. Abanye abafana abezayo nguKazmeir Allen, UStephan Blaylock, Jake Bobo, Bo Calvert, Zach Charbonnet, Michael Ezeike, UJon Gaines II, Azizi Hearn, UJack Landherr IV, URaiqwon O’Neal, UMo Osling III, Shea Pitts, UJacob Sykes noDorian Thompson-Robinson.
Kube kuhle kakhulu ukubona u-Dorian, u-Jon, u-Jake no-Zach beyibulala ku-combin futhi manje sizokwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuhlaba umxhwele eduze kwabo. Ngizokwenza izivivinyo zezikhundla kanye nokuphakamisa futhi mhlawumbe ngigijime nodeshi wamayadi angu-40 – i-ejenti yami kanye nami sisakhuluma ngokuthi ngabe lowo ngumqondo omuhle yini, ngakho kuzoba yisinqumo sesikhathi somdlalo.
Ngingazizwa ngizethemba ngokuyigijima ngoba ngisesimeni esingcono kakhulu sebhola lami, ngehle ngifinyelele ku-333 pounds. Umgomo wami ekuphakameni uwukucindezela ibhentshi amakhilogremu angu-225 izikhathi ezingu-25, okungaba inombolo eqinile. Ekuqeqesheni isikhundla, ngifuna ukukhombisa ukugijima kwami nokushesha kwaseceleni ngaphezu kwamandla engaziwa ngawo.
Ngeke ngiswele ugqozi. Bekufanele ngikwazi ukukhombisa ama-scouts yonke le nto efanayo ekuhlanganiseni.
