GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 28, ISSUE 2 90
BY STACY CLARDIE
SClardie@GoldandBlack.com
A
bout a month before Danny Ezechukwu
stepped onto Purdue's campus as a student
in 2013, he said he wasn't necessarily ready
for that next chapter in his life.
He was experiencing a heavy bout of what he called
"Peter Pan Syndrome."
"I never really want to grow up," he said then. "If I
could stay 18 years old and in high school for the rest
of my life, I would."
Ezechukwu, flatly, said he wasn't too keen on
change.
He really had no choice, of course.
He had to leave Lithonia, Ga.
Had to leave the comfort of the house with his mom,
Keziah, and younger sister, Chrystal.
Had to leave older sister, Amaka, who already was in
college in Georgia, behind.
Had to dive into the expected hectic life of being a
Ever
Evolving
Tom Campbell
Danny Ezechukwu has
been at his best in his final
season.
Ezechukwu responding well to change
