Millikan WR Ryan Pellum calls offer from Alabama football ‘a big accomplishment’

LONG BEACH >>> Millikan sophomore wide receiver Ryan Pellum has received a assistance connection from the University of Alabama to play assemblage football.

“That was big,” Pellum said. “Everybody was talking to maine astir it, asking maine questions astir it but it decidedly was a large accomplishment for me.”

After a large speech with manager Wiggins I’m blessed to person a assistance connection to THE University of Alabama @AlabamaFTBL @HolmonWiggins @MillikanHSFB ❤️🤍 pic.twitter.com/8XMXvlejr9

— Ryan Pellum (@ryan_pellum) December 7, 2021

“It’s the champion (offer) you tin get,” said Millikan manager Romeo Pellum, who is Ryan’s older brother. “Alabama, twelvemonth in, twelvemonth retired is 1 of the, if not the champion squad successful assemblage football. Nick Saban arguably is the champion caput manager successful assemblage shot and helium ever has the fig 1 program. They person a large receiver manager and they’re producing guys to the league (NFL) each year.

“It’s bully for (Ryan) but it’s not conscionable bully for him, it’s bully for Millikan, it’s bully for our shot program, it’s bully for our league and it’s bully for our city.”

Long Beach Millikan manager @RomeoPellum told maine 2024 WR Ryan Pellum’s assistance connection from the University of Alabama is the champion you tin get. Pellum said @ryan_pellum volition unrecorded up to the @AlabamaFTBL offer. @BeachVarsity @presstelegram #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/kDQiLZIOqw

— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) December 9, 2021

Pellum, a four-star recruit, is the No. 1 ranked receiver successful California’s Class of 2024 by 247sports.

The 5-11, 165-pound sophomore receiver understands the magnitude of perchance playing shot astatine Alabama.

“I look astatine each the receivers that went there. Jerry Jeudy, Henry Ruggs, DeVonta Smith, they each made it,” Pellum shared. “They’re the champion receivers you tin get successful assemblage football.”

He presently has 32 DI assistance offers from schools similar Alabama, LSU, Notre Dame, Oregon, Penn State, Texas, and USC. However, he’s not resting connected his laurels.

“You conscionable support it pushing,” Pellum explained. “You tin ne'er place an connection but you person to ever support it pushing, support working, ne'er stop.”

“Ryan, helium likes to enactment things connected his back,” Coach Pellum added. “He likes unit successful that sense. When there’s pressure, helium ever rises to the occasion. He tin vie with the champion of them. He volition unrecorded up to this and above. That’s conscionable what helium does.”

Pellum does not needfully person a imagination schoolhouse but household is important to him.

“When I was little, 3 oregon 4, I loved UCLA,” Pellum revealed. “My uncle (Don Pellum) besides coached astatine Oregon. I liked Oregon. We ever had the Washington State cogwheel from my member (Romeo) playing astatine Washington State.”

Congratulations to Long Beach Millikan WR Ryan Pellum @ryan_pellum connected being The First Player successful School History to gain Moore League Player of the Year! Ryan has proven to beryllium THE Most Dynamic Player successful the Moore League that each squad has to crippled program for! #WinTheDay pic.twitter.com/a2lvX85ItC

— Millikan Football 🐏 (@MillikanHSFB) December 7, 2021

He was besides precocious named the 2021 Moore League MVP.

“It felt great,” Pellum said. “It decidedly showed however hard we worked arsenic a squad and maine arsenic an individual.”

Pellum knows that being named MVP arsenic a sophomore is simply a precocious honor. His extremity is to triumph league MVP again successful his inferior and elder years.

“I decidedly privation to usage it arsenic motivation, effort to get it from present until my elder year. Hopefully, I tin bash that,” Pellum continued. “To marque definite I bash that, I inactive person to enactment hard physically and mentally.”

Pellum is the archetypal subordinate successful Millikan’s schoolhouse past to person the award.

“I deliberation that’s awesome,” Coach Pellum said. “I deliberation that’s awesome for our team, it’s awesome for him. It’s awesome for our family. More importantly, it’s awesome for our school… It speaks volumes to the absorption that our programme is going.”

“Historically, Millikan has not been a top-tier team. Coach Justin Utupo came successful and changed that and had a mates of winning seasons, truthful we’ve been moving hard, my coaches and I, to alteration the civilization present and marque Millikan competitive. I deliberation we’ve been doing a bully job. I deliberation we’re acold distant from wherever we request to beryllium but we’re decidedly connected the close track.”

Long Beach Millikan manager Romeo Pellum is highly arrogant of Ryan Pellum for winning 2021 Moore League MVP. Pellum talks astir what the grant means to the schoolhouse and the Pellum family. @RomeoPellum @ryan_pellum @MillikanHSFB @BeachVarsity @presstelegram #LongBeachVarsityReport pic.twitter.com/OgaNmUflT7

— John W. Davis (@johnwdavis) December 9, 2021

In summation to becoming a amended shot player, Pellum is besides learning to equilibrium however to beryllium a squad person arsenic an underclassman.

“I’ve been doing immoderate maturing, you tin spot it passim the games,” Pellum shared. “I decidedly volition enactment connected myself and enactment connected my team.”