Keano Roberts remembers as a youth watching NFL games on Sundays with his father, Antonio. They found the game to be fascinating, as many fathers and sons do.
But most of those who love watching American football live in the United States. The Roberts clan discovered the game while living in the Bahamas.
Keano is now a 6-foot-5 1/2, 280-pound sophomore at Chattanooga Christian and is playing on a football team for the first time. He and his Chargers teammates play Howard tonight in what will be Keano’s first home game.
Urged on by his family – which includes his mother, Nicara, and younger sister, Breanna – Keano came to the United States for education opportunities. In addition to CCS, he applied to schools in Arizona and North Carolina.
CCS accepted him through its “homestay” program for international students, which worked out well for Keano because he has a cousin nearby attending Southern Adventist University in Collegedale. It also worked out because CCS began a football program in 2009.