From Tipperary to SEC: Irish rugby player with no football experience commits to South Carolina

The 20-year-old Irishman who has never played American football committed on Sunday to play at South Carolina as an offensive lineman. Giwa, who is also Nigerian, has come a long way — from Tipperary — in a short amount of time. “I knew that there’d be a journey there, but I could never have anticipated this,” Giwa, in an interview with The Associated Press, said of the whirlwind around his recruitment.

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