Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Eastern New Mexico University senior wide receiver Jessie Poku
• Hometown: Dallas
• High school: Richardson
• Favorite NFL team: Dallas Cowboys
• What do you hope to be doing in five years? Playing in the NFL
• Biggest accomplishment off the field since you started college: Making the dean’s list
• Best advise you’ve ever received from a coach? Live to fight another day and play.
• Perfect job outside of playing or coaching sports? Teaching a kindergarten classroom that is colorful and interesting, where kids learn effectively.
• Favorite college class? Bilingual education because you get a perception of the nation’s cultures. Also the class makes you think outside the box.
• Toughest college class? Mathematical concepts because the class uses symbols and signs, which is the complete opposite of algebra and stats.
• If you could get a mulligan in life, what would it be? Work harder in high school.
• Where’s the toughest place to place in the Lone Star Conference: West Texas A&M because it’s a bowl stadium so it gets loud and rumbles.