He should have gotten a full scholarship.Football needs positive kids like this on the field and in the classroom.Hope he sets records on his way to the pros.He is a true American success story.
It looks like he was just able to pull up his grades to a D average to graduate. He had to be at a C average in order to go to a four-year university. So he’s probably at a community college, though there is obviously nothing wrong with that at all.
I've had the honor of meeting him. He came by Baldwin Park HS as a favor for one of our coaches to speak. It is all about heart. Not how big you are. His words hit the nail on the head and I still carry them deeply to this day in whatever I pursue.
IMO I think he should take the JUCO route and then make his way up to D1. There is no way in h*ll no smaller colleges didn't offer this kid, he is a darn good football player. Best of luck to him and his family.
If they dont scolarships for callege in the States maybe they should apply to play in the Tec de Monterrey or UANL search in youtube for : "Inside the NFL Documental BorreGos" for sure a lot of this guys would get an scholarship there. Tec de Monterrey is way beter than the University of Utah
@Sam Houston I have different postgraduate degrees from Europe, The States and México, must of my family also hold degrees from both Mexican and American universities and I can asure you, you are wrong.
Fun fact: The quarterback for the red team with blue helmets from 10:53-10:55 is Josh Allen, current Wyoming cowboy quarterback and future first round draft pick.
FUCK JAKE PAUL that was my teammates sophomore year, it’s crazy that neither him or Segura got scouted even by fresno State the closest Division 1 program to their hometowns smh
Im Spooderman we got a quarterback here From Kerman! he's gonna play for the Wyoming Cowboys! His name is Sean Chambers and he just graduated from kerman high!
This dudes amazing I play football in SoCal playing schools in the marine league and those practices are time consuming and this dude picks up tomatoes still that's hard work!
This video came up in my UA-cam play list today after watching the movie, McFarland this week. I really enjoyed the piece but was a little confused at the end of the piece when the show's host, John Quinones stated that Edgar Segura had been accepted to the University of Utah as a walk on candidate. I've known Coach Whittingham since the 1980's and was a bit suspicious that he would have made the offer so I started snooping a bit. It turns out that Mr Segura had been recruited by Utah State Univ. as a walk on but they cut him off when he managed to end up with 5 Ds and had to go to summer school just to graduate from his high school. He ended up at Mt. San Antonio Jr College down in LA where I lost track of him from there. Edgar Segura is obviously a good kid and was a nice high school player, playing in a lower division. His ability to play at all is remarkable considering his circumstances living with and helping to support a single mom in the poorest of conditions. My problem is with ABC not being honest with it's presentation. I was hoping for another "McFarland" story and ended up with huge disappointment in ABC and also his coach who was later arrested for insurance fraud. Not exactly Mr Jim White from down in the valley.
Even though I admire this guys work ethic, I wanna know one thing, how on earth was he allowed to start or even play football if he didn’t have a 2.0 gpa? In my school, in order to play any sport you needed a 2.8 GPA or higher to play. Hmmm
So Mexicans are not only taking American jobs -- they are participating in the All American game of tackle football as well and succeeding by setting individual records and achieving championship level team play.
If they don't scholarships for college in the States maybe they should apply to play in the Tec de Monterrey or UANL search in youtube for : "Inside the NFL Documental BorreGos" for sure a lot of this guys would get a scholarship there. Tec de Monterrey is way better than the University of Utah
El Tec de Monterrey requires an almost perfect SAT score to get in...it's Mexicos MIT...I went by to check out the medical school and was shocked by the admission requirements...anyways I didnt go, mejor UANL...ja ja y todo me fue bien...ahorra soy doctor en Las Vegas NV....gracias UANL Fac de Medicina.
Looks like he is well fed. I wonder how much his food bill is per month? Also most latinos I know hate american football, I guess maybe its different in California.
He does work out a lot plus food in Central Valley isn't that expensive in Mendota since most of it is local. The markets are very reasonable and most of the workers get the fruit and veg as well, in California Latinos love American football! Especially in the Central Valley. Mostly all of the football players in the high school level are Latinos. I don't where you are from but it is different in California.
+Anthony Uribe STFU because he is doing the interview after he had worked in the fieles in the video he might have had them like years ago and he is not poor, they just cant pay their rent in time
I got to Mendota every once in awhile and I think he is still living there but I think he did play football but for community college And I think He's coaching the mendota football team now as well
✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 ~ There’s a lot of problems in different racial communities in this country, but it’s hard to look at kids like this and ever be a white supremacist. I’m not saying this is a good life, but it kind of shows you what race has a strong work ethic and integrity to help their family.
P.S. it’s too bad this kid’s grades were so low that he couldn’t get a scholarship. Very unfortunate. And I say that not because he’s a football player, because I couldn’t give a damn about that, but because seemingly he such a good kid who has such difficult circumstances. But this is exactly what the military benefits were made for. He can go into the military and earn enough money to help his family and end up getting a free college degree. Some people say he just needs to focus on his studies and not on being the Superman of the town. And maybe he’s too distracted by fame and girls, I don’t know. But even if he is, it’s easier said than done to change how one’s brain works. I was lucky that I crammed Homework at the last minute and almost never studied at home, yet I made all A’s. There was a time when I was in third grade that I actually was held back though because I was so distracted in class that I didn’t do work and I was constantly staring at the clock and everything else. Though I had my third grade teacher not been a brand new teacher in her first year she could’ve redirected me and I would’ve done fine, but she was a failure as a teacher and I was not the easiest student. But in third grade I went back to doing fine, in fourth grade I had some problems but I had a extremely experienced teacher and she was able to easily redirect me.
He should have gotten a full scholarship.Football needs positive kids like this on the field and in the classroom.Hope he sets records on his way to the pros.He is a true American success story.
Maximum Blue yeah but he was not a very good student which is why he didn’t get offers
It looks like he was just able to pull up his grades to a D average to graduate. He had to be at a C average in order to go to a four-year university. So he’s probably at a community college, though there is obviously nothing wrong with that at all.
I've had the honor of meeting him. He came by Baldwin Park HS as a favor for one of our coaches to speak. It is all about heart. Not how big you are. His words hit the nail on the head and I still carry them deeply to this day in whatever I pursue.
This is very inspirational. I play football but I don't work on tomatoe and cantaloupe fields but this is a prime example of PRIDE
Thank you if u were on our shoes would believe how hard it is to live here in Mendota very few people but with big heart
49ers better send their team to Mendota and start pickin some cantaloupes.
Sometimes when I think I have it tough I will remember kids like this. Hope all of them get a scholarship of some sort
this brought memories from my high school days studying and working in the agricultural fields to help my mother with the bills
IMO I think he should take the JUCO route and then make his way up to D1. There is no way in h*ll no smaller colleges didn't offer this kid, he is a darn good football player. Best of luck to him and his family.
I love this. much similarities to my Fam. I'm Latino, my parents work in the field, and im a star defensive tackle for our team. #LatinoPride
Latino pride?? lol
If they dont scolarships for callege in the States maybe they should
apply to play in the Tec de Monterrey or UANL search in youtube for :
"Inside the NFL Documental BorreGos" for sure a lot of this guys would
get an scholarship there. Tec de Monterrey is way beter than the University of Utah
@Sam Houston I have different postgraduate degrees from Europe, The States and México, must of my family also hold degrees from both Mexican and American universities and I can asure you, you are wrong.
McFarland 2?
Coming from someone who lives partially in San Francisco and partially in Mendota... youuupppp McFarland is pretty much the same place as Mendota😂
Go Edgar!! Keep doing your thing!!!
Lolo Aureliano lol he’s my cousin
so proud of my little town and of Edgar he is brave love it her lots of hard workers
Mendota also had a soccer player who broke the state record in goals or something about 2 years ago
These Mexicans work hard damn
Too bad Donald trump wants them out
and people like trump want to build a wall and ofcourse who would actually build it latinos
Most of them aren’t Mexicans though Mendota has more Centro Americans
Fun fact: The quarterback for the red team with blue helmets from 10:53-10:55 is Josh Allen, current Wyoming cowboy quarterback and future first round draft pick.
Im Spooderman mind blown
FUCK JAKE PAUL that was my teammates sophomore year, it’s crazy that neither him or Segura got scouted even by fresno State the closest Division 1 program to their hometowns smh
Im Spooderman we got a quarterback here From Kerman! he's gonna play for the Wyoming Cowboys! His name is Sean Chambers and he just graduated from kerman high!
Lol now look at him
This dudes amazing I play football in SoCal playing schools in the marine league and those practices are time consuming and this dude picks up tomatoes still that's hard work!
This video came up in my UA-cam play list today after watching the movie, McFarland this week. I really enjoyed the piece but was a little confused at the end of the piece when the show's host, John Quinones stated that Edgar Segura had been accepted to the University of Utah as a walk on candidate. I've known Coach Whittingham since the 1980's and was a bit suspicious that he would have made the offer so I started snooping a bit. It turns out that Mr Segura had been recruited by Utah State Univ. as a walk on but they cut him off when he managed to end up with 5 Ds and had to go to summer school just to graduate from his high school. He ended up at Mt. San Antonio Jr College down in LA where I lost track of him from there.
Edgar Segura is obviously a good kid and was a nice high school player, playing in a lower division. His ability to play at all is remarkable considering his circumstances living with and helping to support a single mom in the poorest of conditions. My problem is with ABC not being honest with it's presentation. I was hoping for another "McFarland" story and ended up with huge disappointment in ABC and also his coach who was later arrested for insurance fraud. Not exactly Mr Jim White from down in the valley.
Even though I admire this guys work ethic, I wanna know one thing, how on earth was he allowed to start or even play football if he didn’t have a 2.0 gpa? In my school, in order to play any sport you needed a 2.8 GPA or higher to play. Hmmm
So Mexicans are not only taking American jobs -- they are participating in the All American game of tackle football as well and succeeding by setting individual records and achieving championship level team play.
Nigga are you fucking retarded? They aren't illegal immigrants you sped fucking faggot
+Lolz he's being sarcastic lol
One Kan2 stupid ass poon! don't blow us up!
Mendota is filled with people from El Salvador and Centra America though 🙄
One Kan2 cherry picking
Awww i hope he gets a scholarship
i lived on Mendota and work on the cantaloupe field as well.
This makes me appreciate my job
these fools have to be the most conditioned football team in america jesus christ.
If they don't scholarships for college in the States maybe they should
apply to play in the Tec de Monterrey or UANL search in youtube for :
"Inside the NFL Documental BorreGos" for sure a lot of this guys would
get a scholarship there. Tec de Monterrey is way better than the University of Utah
Maybe you should go to "callege".
El Tec de Monterrey requires an almost perfect SAT score to get in...it's Mexicos MIT...I went by to check out the medical school and was shocked by the admission requirements...anyways I didnt go, mejor UANL...ja ja y todo me fue bien...ahorra soy doctor en Las Vegas NV....gracias UANL Fac de Medicina.
No where to go but up, if he can keep his grades up. Best of luck to him and his teammates.
This should be shown to kids in school as motivation
They should give them some money like Ellen so that they can film them instead of just filming them and not giving them any money
Yeah bravo Edgar! #Respect
Skaterfoto HES my cousin
Subtitles? Really?
Hard work is good,nothing wrong with that maybe if more young men worked in the fields they'll be less crimes.
OMGGGGGGG EDGAR IS MY COUSIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SAW MY AUNT WHEN YOU SHOWED THE CROWD I SAW HER I SAW EDGARS MOM AND BELEIVE IT OR NOT HES MY COUSIN
Did he play in college?
More of this should be on the News!
It played on ESPN for like a week straight last year.
can someone please make a movie about this?
I'm routing for Edgar, he's a beast. Hopefully he got a Scholarship.
i am so proud of edgar he sure served mendota the furture hold incrediable things for edgar
It would be great to get an update
Great story!
Respect
my precious latino babies...so hardworking
Mad respect
372 a week?? ill pull the shit out of those weeds
Chris L so obvious you never have
Chris L you are a dumbass
Put your money where you're mouth is
I live in mendota I know this guy let me just tell her he has probably accomplished hid goal
madera ranchos H.A.W.K.S undefeated 4 years in a row
Looks like he is well fed. I wonder how much his food bill is per month? Also most latinos I know hate american football, I guess maybe its different in California.
He does work out a lot plus food in Central Valley isn't that expensive in Mendota since most of it is local. The markets are very reasonable and most of the workers get the fruit and veg as well, in California Latinos love American football! Especially in the Central Valley. Mostly all of the football players in the high school level are Latinos. I don't where you are from but it is different in California.
yea most in my school in Cali on average the best high school Latinos player skip college and just go to marines but still there's a lot of Latinos
+Luis Naranjo Thats right....go serve their country in the military! Especially the USMC! Proud of these kids for their hard work and patriotism.
Sara Smith yeah I play football. its like 75% latinos here in my school that play and about the same with every school we face.
4:09 bruh he needs to give me my bike back
he stole my bike too man
did they say 140 f because if so that is bullshit
4:09 where is my bike at ?
Mexican Cam Newton
Rey Rosas lmao
Good job I know u can do it 😭 am happy
Does anyone know if Edgar ended up playing in college?
Junior college.. somewhere in Sacramento I think.
An Trump wants to give these jobs no one wants to U.S. citizens. My grandma worked in the avocado fields in Irvine California.
Central Valley baby
NICE!
i saw edgar segora in a store in meandota now i live in sarcamento
5 hr workouts? Not even
Anyone know if he's playing football still
Yes 5 hour workouts
He works at a school now
They live in mendota, i live in mendota, im not poor lmao
Banana Milkshake they said about 40 percent of the population not everyone
Yo I noticed tht dis people make mendo seem so poor (they only show the poor parts)smh mendo don’t look like tht
I live in the central valley and I work on roofs in the summer and weekends it's much harder than this
Why must this be a competition?
because we Hispanic fam we always compete on who works harder
Yeah, well these students have to work hard to support their families and get very little sleep, does that seem fair to you?
No it is not
Edgar workouts out in my school gym and he is hella buff...
Gay
he plays good cause he is older than every one
The head coach was in jail he didn't coach last year but is back now
Robert Ruiz: The head coach was in jail last year but is back now. What??? 🤣
11:38 So he says that he has to work in the fields harvesting crops, when he has a pair of Beats headphones around his neck! Way to use your money.
+Charlene Tan STFU!
+Anthony Uribe You can STFU too!
+Anthony Uribe STFU because he is doing the interview after he had worked in the fieles in the video he might have had them like years ago and he is not poor, they just cant pay their rent in time
Charlene Tan STFU you don't know if he bought what if a friend gave them to him
What are you? A financial planner?
what the fuck does donald trump knows about this type of hard work, he just got a small loan of a million dollars.
ryan mcguinness lol
Believe it or not his mom is my dads sister so he’s my cousin
No one cares
Hard working kids, I don't feel sorry for them.
TheGuerillapatriot I feel sorry for you
I admire them, I don't know about you.
Eggball field
septa rendra footbal* what kind d of sport do u fucking play??!! smfh
FUCK JAKE PAUL real football you know the one with a ball ⚽️ not and egg 🏈
Hahaha mendo coach got arrested
STFU You don't know the reason why he went to prison
Yolanda Leon my head coach got a DUI
You think blacks would do this work? Hell NO!
R.E. Lopez bullshit both of you are saying bullshit
Tayon Jones yeah
why does he have BEATs headphones then if his family is so poor.
In our football team many varsity players ask JV players for their headphones before games
+Roberto Garcia or jacked them
Maybe they are fake fake beats in Mexico are like 2 dlls
Bc beats are not exclusive to affluent white people
Because goin to high school in california is alsays bout showing off what u cant afford
Someone please tell me the kids in this video are achieving the American dream and managed to escape Trump and his racist administration
I got to Mendota every once in awhile and I think he is still living there but I think he did play football but for community college And I think He's coaching the mendota football team now as well
@@cribupnext2470 that's better than working the fields, is he teaching also
All Mexicans have a cover like that.
My son is a high school running back and all this conclusion stuff is crap
Yeah I prefer when the writing goes on forever, no more conclusions!
So what.. This is why we need a wall
Reel Chaos Charters are you and other lazy Americans willing to take his job
✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿 ~ There’s a lot of problems in different racial communities in this country, but it’s hard to look at kids like this and ever be a white supremacist. I’m not saying this is a good life, but it kind of shows you what race has a strong work ethic and integrity to help their family.
P.S. it’s too bad this kid’s grades were so low that he couldn’t get a scholarship. Very unfortunate. And I say that not because he’s a football player, because I couldn’t give a damn about that, but because seemingly he such a good kid who has such difficult circumstances. But this is exactly what the military benefits were made for. He can go into the military and earn enough money to help his family and end up getting a free college degree.
Some people say he just needs to focus on his studies and not on being the Superman of the town. And maybe he’s too distracted by fame and girls, I don’t know. But even if he is, it’s easier said than done to change how one’s brain works. I was lucky that I crammed Homework at the last minute and almost never studied at home, yet I made all A’s. There was a time when I was in third grade that I actually was held back though because I was so distracted in class that I didn’t do work and I was constantly staring at the clock and everything else. Though I had my third grade teacher not been a brand new teacher in her first year she could’ve redirected me and I would’ve done fine, but she was a failure as a teacher and I was not the easiest student. But in third grade I went back to doing fine, in fourth grade I had some problems but I had a extremely experienced teacher and she was able to easily redirect me.