(S24) - PT 4 - Trial by Fire

[DarknessRising]

After only one game into their DSFL rookie season, Kai Sakura saw that playing football within this league would be like nothing else he had experienced. For years, he consistently became the star of not only the offensive unit, by the team. Whilst not the face of his college teams, he was the main attraction from all the fans and talent scouts alike. It was Sakura’s innate abilities in catching the ball and evading footballers that got him into the premiere football league in the first place, however never had he experienced such competition.

Throughout college, Kai was also the priority target of the offence but that was not the case in his rookie season. Despite showing tremendous talent, potential and being ranked by most journalists as the best wide receiver in the draft class, he filled most of the season at the slot, behind second season player Draymond Brooks and fellow Rookie Tychondrius Hood. As a result, his volume of stats compared to college plummeted although still proved to be an efficient catcher of the ball. Kai had to get yes to just running a route and not expecting to be the intended target of the ball if it was thrown. An elite backfield also saw the Ducks run hard, taking more of any potential volume out of Sakura and his sails deflated. He knew however, he had to bind his time and continue to learn from his coaches and trainers in order to achieve his shot and moment in the league. All the hard work and dedication resulted in him now becoming the primary receiver on the defending Ultimus team, quite the turnaround from being the guy in the slot only two seasons ago.