Kim Yeon-Seok
Kim likes cowboy hats | |
No. 2 – London Royals | |
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Position: | Cornerback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Anyang, South Korea | August 4, 2040 (aged 22)
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) |
Username: | Crunk |
Career information | |
College: | Dong-A University |
ISFL Draft: | 2064 / Round: |
DSFL Draft: | 2063 / Round: 2 / Pick: 15 |
Career history | |
Roster status: | Active |
Player stats at ISFL.net |
Kim Yeon-Seok (born August 4, 2041) is an American football cornerback for the London Royals. He played college football for Dong-A University (Dong-A).
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Early years
Kim Yeon-Seok was born in Anyang, South Korea and raised in the Pyeongchon-dong district of the city. His parents worked in the electronics industry in Seoul. Their commuter lifestyle meant that he was put into after school programs, where he got his first taste of sports.
An only child, he lived a quiet and typical Korean life up until the age of 10, when he grew to 5 foot 9 inches tall. Suddenly his physical stature gave him considerable advantages in the sports that he enjoyed playing - football, baseball and rugby union - and he was soon representing his school at all the sports it offered. Though supportive of his extracurricular activities, his family were much keener that he excelled academically, so he was pushed very hard to do well in school, achieving top grades. Despite being a gifted athlete and starring for his school in both baseball and rugby union, he put his family's wishes before his own athletic ambitions, and he went on to apply for medical school.
College career
Kim Yeon-Seok went on to study medicine at Dong-A University in his home town of Anyang. Despite a gruelling medical student's schedule, he tried out for, and was accepted onto, the university's rugby union team.
By his third year, Yeon-Seok was the captain of his university's rugby union team. His size, speed and strength meant he excelled at the physical side of the game. This led to him being scouted by the South Korean national team, and invited to tryouts.
Tryouts didn't go so well. Despite his physical gifts - he was a standout in the athletic sense - his ball handling was not considered up to par. While being informed that he would not be selected nationally, one scout remarked that he could probably give up on any aspirations of top level rugby, but his athleticism could rival anyone in the world, even the ISFL.
Yon-Seok took this offhand comment very literally, and submitted footage of himself playing rugby to the ISFL International Player Pathway, who invited him for tryouts. Designated as a cornerback for his speed and lack of hands, Kim put his medical studies on hold in order to declare his eligibility for the S48 DSFL Draft, much to the dismay of his family.
Games | Points |
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36 | 24 |
Professional career statistics
Career statistics | Defense | ||||||||||
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Season | Team | Games | Tck | TFL | FF/FR | Sck | Int | PD | Sfty | TD | Blk P/XP/FG |
2063 (S48) | Royals | 14 | 68 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0/0/0 |
Achievements and records
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