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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: March 13, 2009
It wasn't because of his grades. An academic advisor had miscalculated his credits, and through no fault of his own, he was three credits short of the NCAA's requirements. It would become a test of his character, and one that he would pass with an A+.
B.J. Raji grew up in Washington Township, NJ, the oldest of three children. His father had immigrated to the USA from Nigeria and both parents are Pentecostal ministers. B.J., whose real name is Busari, was active in his church, playing drums and tutoring children.
He attended Westwood Regional High School in Bergen County NJ, where besides football, he played basketball for two years. He gave up basketball when he realized "I wasn't going to get any taller, and I wasn't going to be Allen Iverson."
While in h...
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