GAINESVILLE, Fla. – At around 11 p.m. at a local Waffle House, Joseph Mbatchou quietly washed dishes and cleared tables, helping his family pursue the American dream.
Grayson High School defensive line coach Greg Carswell was grabbing a late bite after work in the fall of 2023 when he noticed the towering, powerful teen with a scruffy beard.
“I said, ‘Sheesh, who is that?’ ” Carswell told the Orlando Sentinel. “I was like, ‘That’s a grown man who looks like a kid.’ He just still had that baby face…