SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, England (AP) – A decade after discovering the NFL, Baltimore Ravens lineman Jermaine Eluemunor is back where it all started in London.
He watched on TV the first regular-season game in England, just a few miles away from where he grew up. Now Eluemunor will step onto the Wembley Stadium turf on Sunday when the Ravens take on the Jacksonville Jaguars.
It’s the fulfilment of a dream when the 12-year-old Eluemunor stumbled across the game between the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins.
That passion for the game only grew with every step of Eluemunor’s journey – from joining local flag football team London Blitz to moving two years later to Danville, New Jersey, with his family to pursue the sport.
Eluemunor spent two years at a junior college before success at Texas A&M. The Ravens drafted him in the fifth round this year. He hasn’t played a snap in the first two games, but could make his NFL debut at home.