Post by Gene on Aug 24, 2009 20:22:39 GMT -5
DB Kofi Amoah is vet of AF2 indoor league
By Brian Adamowsky
World sports writer
Posted August 18, 2009
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley's indoor football league team welcomed its first player into the fold on Monday with the signing of defensive back Kofi Amoah.
"It feels good, and it's a big accomplishment for me," said Amoah from his home in Washington, D.C. "I appreciate Coach (Keith Evans) giving me this opportunity."
Amoah, 25, a 5-foot-9, 185-pound cornerback who played collegiately at Delaware State, comes to the Venom from the Peoria Pirates of Arena Football League 2, where he was the third-leading tackler in 2008.
Amoah also returned kickoffs for the Pirates, and Evans plans on using him in that capacity as well.
He's the first player signed by the Venom since Wenatchee Valley was granted a franchise by the American Indoor Football Association in mid-June.
"He's a lock 'em down cover corner," Evans said. "His goal is to move on to the CFL or NFL, and I wouldn't be surprised it he gets picked up midway through our season."
"That would be great," Amoah said of the prospect of getting another shot at the NFL. He had workouts with the Washington Redskins and Buffalo Bills coming out of college, but said he didn't draw much serious interest.
"I was waiting for a call that never came," he said.
Amoah said he came into contact with Evans two years ago when they met through a mutual former teammate.
"He stayed in touch with me the whole time and was a mentor to me," Amoah said. "He's a good man and a good friend."
In the pass-happy American Indoor Football League, having shutdown corners is vital to a team's success, Evans said.
"His skill is breaking up passes and making interceptions, which is huge in this game," Evans said. "You have to shut down receivers and get stops. Indoor football is not a running game."
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Source: wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090818/SPORTS06/708189953
By Brian Adamowsky
World sports writer
Posted August 18, 2009
WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee Valley's indoor football league team welcomed its first player into the fold on Monday with the signing of defensive back Kofi Amoah.
"It feels good, and it's a big accomplishment for me," said Amoah from his home in Washington, D.C. "I appreciate Coach (Keith Evans) giving me this opportunity."
Amoah, 25, a 5-foot-9, 185-pound cornerback who played collegiately at Delaware State, comes to the Venom from the Peoria Pirates of Arena Football League 2, where he was the third-leading tackler in 2008.
Amoah also returned kickoffs for the Pirates, and Evans plans on using him in that capacity as well.
He's the first player signed by the Venom since Wenatchee Valley was granted a franchise by the American Indoor Football Association in mid-June.
"He's a lock 'em down cover corner," Evans said. "His goal is to move on to the CFL or NFL, and I wouldn't be surprised it he gets picked up midway through our season."
"That would be great," Amoah said of the prospect of getting another shot at the NFL. He had workouts with the Washington Redskins and Buffalo Bills coming out of college, but said he didn't draw much serious interest.
"I was waiting for a call that never came," he said.
Amoah said he came into contact with Evans two years ago when they met through a mutual former teammate.
"He stayed in touch with me the whole time and was a mentor to me," Amoah said. "He's a good man and a good friend."
In the pass-happy American Indoor Football League, having shutdown corners is vital to a team's success, Evans said.
"His skill is breaking up passes and making interceptions, which is huge in this game," Evans said. "You have to shut down receivers and get stops. Indoor football is not a running game."
Brian Adamowsky: 664-7157
adamowsky@wenworld.com
Source: wenatcheeworld.com/article/20090818/SPORTS06/708189953
