RENTON — The $200,000 bonus check sat in the glove compartment of Ziggy Ansah’s car for a couple weeks.
Word spread though the Detroit Lions locker room about the uncashed check, and soon Jim Washburn heard about it. That, Washburn was learning, sounded like something his young defensive end might do.
“He’s so unassuming,” said Washburn, one of Ansah’s first position coaches in the NFL.
Ansah smiled this week when asked about the check from his rookie season in Detroit, six years ago. It is true, he said; he did hold onto that check for quite awhile.