For starters, Shime is in just his fourth season of playing football. Then consider that Shime came from Cameroon to the United States for his last two years of high school largely because of his basketball skills. Finally, think about the fact that his parents never have seen a football game and that Shime's status as a major-college football player means little in his homeland. Soccer is everything in Cameroon. Soccer, then volleyball and tennis.
Football is nothing.
People think it is rough and dangerous, barbaric. It's like it is savage. But Shime likes it. And after playing sparingly last season for the Terrapins, making just four tackles, he is penciled in to start this season. He is really becoming a good pass rusher and is getting upfield.