Praise Olatoke, the Los Angeles Chargers’ new Scottish wide receiver, has described his journey from Nigeria via Glasgow to the NFL as “crazy”He will now compete to earn a place on the Chargers’ final 53-man active roster for 2024.
If he does not make it, Olatoke is likely to spend his first season on the Chargers’ practice squad.Olatoke was born in Nigeria but moved to Scotland when he was just five years old and was a pupil at Cardonald Primary School in Glasgow before attending St Columba’s in Kilmacolm.
“It’s a crazy journey, honestly,” he said. “I was just talking to my mom yesterday about how far I’ve came from.
“From Kinning Park to Los Angeles is just nuts to think about the different directions and countries and cities taken to get here, so it feels great. It was a crazy story.
“I strive to live a life of adventure and this is something that sort of proves that. I’m just going for adventure. Yeah, I’m excited. I’m ready to see where this takes me.”
