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NC State punter A.J. Cole has been taking mission trips to Kenya since before he enrolled at NC State, so by now the kids over there know him pretty well. ESPN’s Andrea Adelson shared this video from his most recent visit:
Working on a story about NC State players taking a mission trip to Kenya, led by punter A.J. Cole. Love this greeting when they arrived. pic.twitter.com/IXvMK6SUKP
— Andrea Adelson (@aadelsonESPN) March 24, 2017
Cole spends every spring break in Kenya. He posted this a few weeks ago:
just trying to teach my Kenyan family how it's done in Raleigh! #GoPack @PackFootball @NCState pic.twitter.com/T17GG3OXYN
— AJ Cole III (@AJCole90) March 6, 2017
He was also featured on GoPack.com as a freshman in 2015 (rocking those bama bangs!) in a video about his trips to Africa. I had missed this at the time but it’s really good, especially toward the end when he starts to talking about one kid in particular.