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USA Today
3 days ago
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- USA Today
Countdown to Kickoff: Hero Kanu ready for his chance to shine
Hero Kanu leads a slew of defensive tackle transfers for Texas this year. Kanu is quickly becoming one of the leaders on and off the field. The countdown to kickoff continues and so do the breakdowns of new faces along the defensive line. Hero Kanu, the senior transfer from Ohio State that has really started to turn heads at fall camp. Only totaling 14 tackles during his limited playing time at Ohio State, he is obviously hungry to have a successful senior season and raise his NFL Draft stock dramatically this year. 2024 Stats: 4 tackles, Only playing against Penn St, Indiana, Oregon & Texas 2024 was a very interesting year for Kanu. He was getting similar headlines this time last year in Columbus, but then injured his knee in practice and was down until the Penn State game on November 2nd. From there, Ty Hamilton and Tyliek Williams had locked down the starting jobs, with others rotating in comfortably, so Kanu did not get the playing time he was expected to in fall camp. From there, he jumped in the portal shortly after the season and made his way down to Austin, and it's been all go for him. It seems he is as serious about his craft as they come and will likely be the 'starter' at DT alongside Travis Shaw Week 1 against his former team. This is a player that has been waiting for his moment, and had it taken from him by injury last year. This year, he seems ready to pick up where he left off before he went down. Growing up in Germany, Kanu played soccer much of his childhood, but once he outgrew(physically) soccer, he moved to the United States for high school to explore football. He's still comparatively new to this sport, and seems to finally be fully clicking for him in the last couple of years. He's ready to roll against his former team, and one of his former teammates is getting serious about the extracurriculars. Along with Travis Shaw, Kanu is one of the veterans of the DT room, with Alex January and Maraad Watson still developing. He seems to have taken that seriously and is becoming an important leader for this team. Someone who has had the career, and life that he has had can be super helpful to this team, especially this position group. Texas brought in five transfers on the defensive line this year. This is my personal favorite of the bunch. He was shining, and likely set as a starter a year ago but an injury took that chance away. He's ready for his moment in the sun and he has all the tools to become the next star at DT for the Longhorns. That first game will not be one he needs a hype speech for. He will be ready to roll, and I think this could be one of the more pleasant surprises for Texas this year. Tomorrow, we get into the homegrown Longhorn that is ready for his chance, Alex January. The sophomore from Duncanville brings a very high ceiling and motor to the position, and he, unlike Kanu and Shaw, we get to enjoy for multiple years in burnt orange. Follow us on X/Twitter at @LonghornsWire.
USA Today
26-01-2025
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- USA Today
Ohio State defensive tackle enters the transfer portal
'Tis the season of transfer portal news for the Ohio State football team. the portal news has been trickling out throughout the run to the College Football Playoff national championship, but players have five days from the end of that run to have their name sucked into the portal. The latest to place his name in the portal is defensive tackle Hero Kanu. Out of Santa Margarita, California, after being more or less raised in Germany, Kanu was a part of the 2022 recruiting class as a four-star prospect. He never really broke into a significant rotation, with his most playing time occurring last season with just 123 snaps. He finished the year with 14 tackles and one sack. Kanu is a redshirt junior, so he'll still have two seasons of eligibility to exhaust as he finds a new home. We will of course be on top of whatever destination he chooses and wish him nothing but the best. Ohio State defensive lineman Hero Kanu has entered the transfer portal, @chris_hummer and I have learned for @cbssports/@247Sports. Was a Class of 2022 top-120 overall recruit. Posted 14 tackles the last two — Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) January 25, 2025 Ohio State may have won a national title, but now the hard work begins on a bit of an aggressive timeline with trying to figure out the coaching staff and roster for next season. There is, in fact, no offseason.
