From Villanova To Super Bowl, Tanoh Kpassagnon Has Unbelievable Story

Lesley Van Arsdall reports.

WE HAVE ANOTHER REASON TO ROOTFOR BIG RED.THIS IS SUCH A GREAT STORY,VILLANOVA TO THE SUPER BOWL,TANO HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLESTORY ALL THANKS TO VILLANOVAHEAD COACH MARK FURRANTE WHOWAS HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITING ANDTHEY MET AND THE REST IS JUSTHISTORY.SACK AT 59-YARD LINE.PRESENT PLAYING FOR KANSASCITY CHIEF TANO WAS A THREESPORT ATHLETE AT WISSOHICKONHIGH SCHOOL.IT TOOK HIM TIME TO DECIDEFOOTBALL WAS FOR HIM BUT WHENVILLANOVA COACH MARK FURRANTSAW HIM HE KNEW.I WALK IN WISSOHICKON HIGHSCHOOL AT COACH CAPA AND LARRYCANNON ASKED ME IF I COULDMEET THEIR BIG TIGHT-ENDDEFENSIVE END, 6-FOOT SIX,6-FOOT SEVEN GUY COMES DOWNHALLWAY, AND I GO IS THIS THEGENTLEMEN YOU WERE TALKINGABOUT.I SAID YEAH THAT IS THE GUY.HAPPY TO MEET THAT GUY.AFTER RED SHIRTING HISFRESHMAN YEAR TANO BLOSSOMEDOVER FINAL TWO SEASONS ATVILLANOVA.HIS SECOND YEAR HE WASPLAYING SOME BUT THE THIRDYEAR, IT IS WHEN I THINKREALLY CLICKED AND THIS LASTFEW YEARS WAS US WAS JUSTREALLY G MOST TIMES TRIED TORUNAWAY FROM HIM.NOW DEFENSIVE END ISFINALLY SHOWING WHAT HE ISCAPABLE OF.I KNOW IS THERE STILL A BIGUPSIDE FOR HIM, YOU KNOW, WHENWE GET HIM, THERE IS 17, 18YEARS OLD.WE SEE HUGE GROWTH WHEN THEYLEAVE HERE AT 22.BUT THEN THAT 22 TO 27YEAR-OLD FACE THEY REALLY,BECOME MEN.HE IS IN THAT PHASE NOW.REPORTER: AS FOR TANO THESUPER BOWL CANNOT COME SOONENOUGH.EVERYBODY HAS GOOD ENERGY.JUST RED TOY PLAY THIS GAME.WE'RE READY LAST SUNDAYOBVIOUSLY BUT LIKE COACH REIDWILL SAY YOU HAVE TO KEEP ITCOOL, CALM, AND SO BE RED TOYHIT THEM AND THEN, BOOM, YEAH.SO THIS LOCAL PLAYER WHOHAS BEATEN THE ODDS TO EVENMAKE IT TO THE NFL WILL BE ONTHE NATIONAL STAGE THISSUNDAY, TRYING TO BEAT THE 49TOURS BE IMMORTALIZED AS ASUPER BOWL CHAMPION.LET'S GO.WOW THIS GUY IS SO SMART.HE WAS DOUBLE MAJOR ATVILLANOVA, HAD COUNTLESS JOBOFFERS AND NOW HE IS GOING TOTHE SUPER BOWL.HIS PLAY ON THOSE CLIPSREMINDING ME OF THE LATE GREATREGGIE WHITE.HE IS WEARING 92.