Playing College Football, Pursuing a Career in Sports Journalism, and Launching AMAZN HQ with Pranav Iyer

In this episode, host Justin Hong interviews former college football player Pranav Iyer about his football journey, sports journalism career, and media company AMAZN HQ, which covers and highlights Asian American athletes.

During the interview, Pranav talks about his family’s background, growing up in the Bay Area, and how he first discovered football (2:50), the early days of his football career (5:45), and his high school football experience, including his training program, playing a variety of positions, and how he improved his football skills (7:55).

He also shares his recruiting experiences and the value of attending football camps (13:08), his favorite memory from his high school career (21:52), how he decided to attend Chapman University to play football (23:35), his college football experience at Chapman (23:35), and what it was like to be an Asian American football player (35:25).

Pranav also discusses his sports journalism career and why he decided to launch AMAZN HQ in 2019 (41:45), the first AMAZN All-Star basketball showcase in 2022 (48:45), exciting plans for AMAZN coming up in the near future as well as his long-term vision for AMAZN (53:55), and much more.

Pranav Iyer Player Page - Chapman University

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