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Drew0311

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Vikings info:

Biography

• Named Co-Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the year for 2020 after earning Academic All-Big 12 on 3 occasions during his career.

• Did not miss a game (38) over his final 3 seasons at Iowa State.

• Established himself as one of the top KO returners in the nation as a true freshman in 2016, averaging 26.4 yards per return.

OFF THE FIELD

• Name is pronounced ken-A wahn-goo.

• Brother, Emeka, ran track at UT-Arlington.

• Majored in mechanical engineering.

• Named Co-Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the year for 2020 after earning Academic All-Big 12 on 3 occasions during his career.


Not sure why you are telling me that. I’m just saying the announcers should just call him Kene so they don’t sound like idiots
 
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KidSilverhair

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I feel like the pronunciation on the first name should be ken-ay? Seems like that way they have it could be also read as Kena, but I am not a linguist.

I read that phonetically (ken-A) as “ken-ay.” With the “A“ being capitalized, they mean it’s stressed/emphasized, which to me (at least) means the long “a,” which I’d pronounce as “ay.”
 

khardbored

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Has it really been "Wong-Woo" this whole time?!?!?


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cyclonespiker33

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Chris has mentioned on his show that the Vikings are pronouncing it the correct way.
 

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What’s lowkey cool about that return today: you can see a guy (I think 57 for the vikes) once Kene got through that whole he just stopped running because he knew there wasn’t a chance in hell anyone was gonna catch him. There wasn’t a niner anywhere close to him that last 30 yards.
 
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madguy30

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Does the award/honor mean a possible good contract?

I didn't watch the Vikings much this year but he seemed to be a bright spot.