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HOWELL — Bobby Kanka has spent the last couple weeks reflecting on his final high school football season at Howell, but his focus is about to shift quickly.
At 3:20 p.m. next Friday, Kanka will no longer be a high school student. The following day, he will move to the University of Michigan campus to begin his college football journey.
It’s a transition Kanka knew would eventually happen, ever since he landed on the radar of college recruiters as an eighth-grader, but the reality is hitting home as he goes through his final days of high school.
Kanka is graduating early so he can enroll at Michigan in January and begin practicing with the Wolverines during their preparation for the ReliaQuest Bowl Dec. 31 in Tampa, Fla. He will have the opportunity to train over the winter and participate in spring ball to get a jump start on his career.
“It’s pretty surreal, but it will become real very soon,” he said. “It’s an awesome feeling. It’s a dream come true to be on the team. I’m literally going to be on the team I’ve grown up watching. It will be really cool. I think that feeling will wear off pretty soon and I think it’ll be pretty natural to have my brain turn into work mode and work my way up the ladder like I’ve always done.”
SIGNING DAY: Bobby Kanka signs with Michigan, ending long recruiting process
Kanka’s work ethic resulted in a scholarship to Michigan, making him one of the few Livingston County players to get a full ride to play football at a major program.
It also enabled him to help Howell have a historic 2024 season and earned him the county’s Defensive Player of the Year honor as selected by the Livingston Daily.
The Highlanders became the first team from the county to start a season 11-0 and reached the third round of the playoffs for only the second time. They had their first…
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Author : Livingston Daily | Daily Press & Argus
Publish date : 2024-12-15 09:01:00
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