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Problem solved : Troubled childhood did not define Agim

The first in a series profiling the newcomers on the 2016 Arkansas Razorbacks football team.

FAYETTEVILLE -- McTelvin Agim grew up poor in Texarkana, Texas, and ended up bouncing from school to school before he found Hope.

During his rugged childhood years -- which included a stint living at The Salvation Army -- the son of a single mother who was raised mostly by a beloved grandmother said he was once told by a middle school principal that he would either be in jail or dead by the age of 18.

McTelvin Agim glance

Class Freshman

Height/weight 6-3, 285

Position Defensive end

Birthdate Sept.