Daniel Akinkunmi's 5,000-mile Oklahoma Sooners official visit - ESPN
ESPN Offensive lineman recruit Daniel Akinkunmi stayed up all night before his official visit to see the Oklahoma Sooners this past weekend.
It wasn't because he couldn't sleep from anticipation or excitement, though. It was out of necessity. Akinkunmi was traveling from Loughborough, England, to Oklahoma in what would amount to 20 hours of travel time and 4,562 miles logged in one day to see the Sooners in person.
"I have a method any time I travel to the states. The night before, I don't sleep," Akinkunmi told ESPN. "I stay up until my flight, then sleep a couple hours on my flight and try to stay awake to get used to the time change. That helps me out so when I come to the U.S. I won't be jet lagged."
Akinkunmi, a 6-foot-4, 305-pound lineman from the NFL Academy in England, is a three-star prospect in 2024 and has garnered scholarship offers from Arkansas, Baylor, Duke, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma, Clemson, Miami, North Carolina, Ole Miss and a handful of other major programs. Because of where he lives, his recruitment has had some unique twists, like spending 20 hours just to take an official visit.
