Up to this point in his life, a 14-year-old Aaron Armitage had long been hoping he could someday evolve into an American football player, one who could earn scholarships for some of the best football programs in the nation and possibly carve out a path to the NFL.
Armitage, the son of hard-working teachers Howard and Zubeda, is a born Canadian, growing up just a bit northeast of Toronto.
The 2021 Ohio State defensive end target and Blair Academy (N.J.) star defensive end is now a sturdy 6-foot-4, 245 pounds, and that comes as no surprise (his father – a former Canadian college football player – is 6-foot-2, 260 pounds).