YSU’s Obinna Ekweremuba learning football by the day

The first thing you notice about Obinna Ekweremuba is his size. The YSU sophomore is 6-foot-3, 250 pounds, but numbers don’t quite capture it. He looks more like an action figure, a slightly smaller version of former Browns No. 1 draft pick Courtney Brown.

Ekweremuba, who had never seen American football in his native Nigeria, redshirted the 2008 season as he learned the basics of the position.

Now he’s battling for playing time with the Penguins.

Read the story in Tuesday’s Vindicator.