Dick Harmon: BYU football: Unheralded BYU defensive end Ezekiel Ansah has stepped into spotlight

Still, the best part of this guy's game is that he remains humble. It may all be new to him but he takes direction and works hard. From day one, he worked hard to go through drills, albeit almost passing out, and he endured and persevered.

Offensive line coach Mark Weber has seen Ansah work across the line from his own players every day in practice for the past three years. Weber says Ansah is the real deal.

"Ziggy is an incredible athlete, a big athlete who has an incredible upside, and he's improving," Weber said. "I see him improve every day out here. He does freakish things and in games you catch him doing incredible things and he's learning this game very fast.

"I think that's why he's turning some heads because he's just getting into this game and understanding what it's all about. He's an exciting player to say the least."

Ziggy.

You take a name like that, put it with a character like this? Well, you just can't make up this kind of story.

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