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Memphis Offers a Spot to One-Armed Basketball Player Hansel Enmanuel

He also has offers from Tennessee State and Bethune-Cookman
Memphis Offers a Spot to One-Armed Basketball Player Hansel Enmanuel
Memphis Offers a Spot to One-Armed Basketball Player Hansel Enmanuel

The high school basketball phenomenon Hansel Emmanuel received his third Division I collegiate offer, he told On3 Sports.

The University of Memphis offered the high school senior a spot on their squad. Additionally, Emmanuel has offers from Tennessee State and Bethune-Cookman in Florida. 

Emmanuel is a combo guard at Life Christian Academy in Kissimmee, Florida. He is 6-foot-4, and has just one arm. He has averaged 25.9 points, 11.0 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 3.4 blocks this season so far.

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At age six, he had his left arm amputated after a wall collapsed on it, trapping him under the rubble for close to two hours. 

Emmanuel already has a $1.2 million NIL evaluation. He has 1.2 million followers on Instagram, and 2.4 million followers on TikTok.

Emmanuel was featured in a video from rapper J. Cole this week as well.

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Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University.