FAMU puts trust with West

The road to Florida A&M had so many twists and turns for Isaac West that another player might have gotten lost. West didn't play football for a year after winning a team MVP award his senior season at Lincoln High School. He wanted badly to follow in the footsteps of his cousin, Ron Dugans, and play at Florida State — until he was told a year of junior college would improve his chances of making it as a walk-on.

A year of waiting was enough, so West enrolled at FAMU last August and made the team as a walk-on. There he found himself in the shadow of senior Willie Hayward. He had to wait for prime time. It might finally be here for the speedy, lanky receiver. Hayward has graduated, and the Rattlers have a new coaching staff that sees talent in West that should make this his breakthrough season.

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