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Long shot no more

By Scott Powers
ESPNChicago.com

Friday, October 30, 2009

Jon Asamoah's aspiration coming out of high school was one day to see the field at Illinois. Nothing more. Asamoah couldn't even believe he was going to Illinois. He always dreamed of suiting up for the Illini, but coming out of Rich East High School, he was a slightly above-average offensive lineman who had a rating of two stars by most recruiting services and had offers from only Bowling Green, Cincinnati and Northern Illinois. He even committed to Northern Illinois just hours before th ...

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