Irish teen makes history with American Football scholarship

AN Irish teenager has made history by earning a scholarship to play American Football with a US College.

Nineteen-year-old, Glenn Baker, is the first Irish native signed up to play NCAA College football — the grooming ground for the NFL — with Mount Ida College in Massachusetts.

Baker took up the sport in 2004 when he joined the Cork Admirals as a 16-year-old. Due to his 6’6”, 20 stone frame and athletic ability, he quickly established himself as a starter on the side’s offensive line.