MORGANTOWN — West Virginia offensive lineman Walter Young Bear walked on to Tulsa, meaning he had to pay the $69,266 each year. Young Bear went to his grandmother to borrow the money.

Football wasn’t a well-known sport in his family. Young Bear comes from the Native American tribes Kiowa, Comanche, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara in Oklahoma. His Native American name is Say Tay Oy Day, or meaning Heap O Bears. Most of his family members were actually basketball players.

“A bunch of Indians are big basketball players,” Young Bear said. “Not too many Indian football players. My grandma was very supportive.”

Young Bear was taking a big risk playing football, but the pressure pushed him to earn a scholarship.

“Pressure builds diamonds,” Young Bear said. “Under pressure from that moment, and wh

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