Angelo DeSensi, if asked to rank his three sports growing up, likely would have identified football as his third choice.

Basketball was his first love.

The Montini senior thought for a few years that he had a future in the NBA. His dad introduced him to the Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose at a young age.

Baseball was his dad’s sport, which he played in high school at Holy Cross.

DeSensi loved watching football as a kid, but didn’t see himself as a football player. That all started to change when he looked in the mirror and his growth chart.

“You can’t deny my size and stature,” DeSensi said. “I was pulled on a team when I was very young, tried it and fell in love with it.”

The Montini coaching staff is thankful.

DeSensi, now standing at a cool 6-foot-5, 280 pounds,

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