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Eventually, Calvert went to Utah and Schwesinger became a Bruin as a walk-on after his only other offer — to a school he can’t remember today — would have required him to pay more in tuition.

De Decker, nicknamed The Real Deal, lifted the trophy and led the crowd in a rousing rendition of his walk-on song, Three Little Birds by Bob Marley.

Realizing that he needed to reward the willing walk-on who was also among his best offensive linemen, coach DeShaun Foster called Prongos in front of the team late last month.

The emergence of Prongos, a former walk-on, as perhaps the team’s best offensive lineman is both a feel-good story and an indictment on the Bruins’ recruiting under former coach Chip Kelly.

His only scholarship offer came from San José State, other schools pitching him on the idea of coming as a preferred walk-on and Yale also pursuing him to play in the Ivy League.