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Ralph R. Zobell
| Posted: 12 Dec 2014 | Updated: 8 Nov 2020
Up Close: Keanu Nelson
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Take a closer look at senior wide receiver Keanu Nelson, as published in the BYU-Savannah State game program:
Nickname: Keak, Keaks, Keak the Sneak, or Keke
Favorite cold cereal: Lucky Charms
Favorite Bronco Mendenhall Quote: "The more you can do, the more you can do"
Why did I choose to play football over other sports: opportunity
Before a football game, I: listen to Public Enemy
How did I spend my off-season: drove from the Bay Area and trained with the team
Who is the best player I’ve ever faced: Kadeem Carey or Marquis Lee
One place I would like to visit: Spain
What would I like to do sometime in my life: save the world
If I could play another position, what would it be: cornerback of nickel
Who has had the greatest influence on my football career and why: My father
What do I want to be doing 20 years form now: marketing director of a major corporation and saving the world
How did I select my jersey number: I didn't
What is my favorite hobby or activity away from football: reading, listening to music
What is the best book I've ever read: Ishmael: An adventure of Mind and Spirit
People say I look like: I've heard every light-skinned entertainer at one point or another
My favorite professor or most interesting class I've taken at BYU: Stan Knapp-Classical Social Theory
What is my most memorable athletic achievement or moment: Winning the Rose Bowl
If I had to give up all my possessions except one, what would be the one thing I kept and why: My mind.
My advice to youngsters: What you do is so loud, I can't hear what you say.
If I were on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire,”the person I’d call for my lifeline is: my mother because she's the most intelligent person I know.
If I were hosting you on a recruiting visit to Provo, the most impressive thing I'd have to show you is: the Utah landscape.
My least favorite trip is: to play Notre Dame…because they're Notre Dame.
One rule I'd change in college football is: targeting logistics
If I could invite any three people to dinner, who would they be: Aristotle, karl Marx, Mas
On game day my friends and relatives: typically root for me from afar