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Nebrasketball Player Profile: Yvan Ouedraogo

Yvan Ouedraogo, #6 of U18 CFBB Paris in action during the Adidas Next Generation Tournament game between U18 Mega Bemax Belgrade v U18 CFBB Paris at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall on May 18, 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia. | Photo by Patrick Albertini/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images

Frenchman Yvan Ouedraogo (pronounced Ivan way-drah-O-go) comes to Nebraska out of Bordeaux, France. He will be the first Husker basketball player in program history from France. Bearing this in mind, I hope he brings a pipeline for smuggling in quality wine at discount rates for the wine-o’s in Lincoln.

On a serious note, the 6’9” 17 year old freshman comes to Nebraska as a top-150 recruit per 24/7. Ouedraogo chose Nebraska over offers from Georgia Tech, TCU, and Vanderbilt. While he is already 260 pounds, Hoiberg and staff learned after he arrived on campus that he had never had a formal weight lifting program back home. So expect him to quickly tone/bulk-up between now and the start of next season as he continues to mature, being one of the younger players in the country at only 17 still.

Ouedraogo was unable to join Nebraska in Italy as he was busy playing for France in the FIBA U18 European Championships. Coming in off the bench he averaged 4.0 points and 3.6 rebounds while averaging almost 15 minutes per game.

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