Ontario Prospect Challenge Profile: Coyote looking to showcase skills

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Positions:
Wide Receiver, Quarterback

Height/Weight:
5’3”, 135 lbs

Teams:
Gloucester South Raiders (NCAFA)
St. Francis Xavier Coyotes (high school: NCSSAA)

Commitment:
None

Official Visits:
None

Considerations:
Open

Class:
2018

AJ Akagi started playing the sport in 2014 with the Gloucester South Raiders in the National Capital Amateur Football Association (NCAFA).

Last year also brought an Offensive Rookie of the Year award and was selected to play on the peewee NCAFA All-Star East team.

This year, he played for the bantam Raiders as a quarterback.

Moreover, AJ started playing with his high school varsity team, the St. Francis Xavier Coyotes of the National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association (NCSSAA), this past season as a wide receiver.

During the offseason, he trains with Coach Wayne Jacobs at the National Capital Quarterback Academy, as well as with other football camps.

He also has a home workout schedule to stay in shape and he has recently started taking martial arts to improve his athletic ability, as well as overall fitness level.

The Coyotes standout’s goals for the Ontario Prospect Challenge (OPC) are to showcase himself and his skills as a football player.

“Also (to) learn and get better, as well as become familiar with faces around the city that are highly involved with football,” said AJ.

On the field his role model is Darren Sproles because he shows that if you put in hard work you can accomplish anything.

“I love football because it is a sport of family,” explained AJ. “I think the chemistry bond of the players are stronger and more important in football than any other sport.”

He also loves the strategy of the sport because there is always something to learn and the physical side of it.

“I love the adrenaline of hitting someone and being able to be physical,” added the Coyotes standout