For the majority of football players in Japan, taking the gridiron in the sport's mother nation, the United States, is beyond their imagination.
But running back James Takada Gray has made his boyhood dream a reality.
Gray, who was born to an American father and a Japanese mother and primarily grew up in Japan, was accepted by the University of Utah Utes football team back in January.
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