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Arizona State walk-on beats the odds in the new era of college football

From an ACL tear to earning a scholarship, the Sun Devils lineman is proving walk-ons can change the game.

Every college football fan loves an underdog. At Arizona State, that story belongs to Makua Pule, a walk-on lineman whose path has been anything but easy.

He tore his ACL in high school, weighed in at 300 pounds without the “ideal” frame scouts sought, and faced silence from recruiters. For many players, that would’ve been the end. For Pule, it was fuel.

Pule stayed the course at Highland High, starting as a freshman and helping lead back-to-back state titles alongside Utah’s Caleb Lomu. That foundation of toughness gave him the belief to keep going.

When offers didn’t come, he kept

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