By Joseph Staszewski Brooklyn Daily Share on TwitterTweet Share on Facebook Subscribe Get our stories in your inbox, free. Like Brooklyn Daily on Facebook. By Joseph Staszewski This Buckeye bucked the trend. Erasmus Hall defensive powerhouse Jahsen Wint signed a National Letter of Intent to play football for Ohio State. The gridiron Goliath will be one of few who rise from the gritty Brooklyn neighborhoods he’s proud to represent, he said. “From where I am from, people don’t actually make it,” said Wint, who was raised in Crown Heights and now lives in Brownsville. “For me to make it and do it for Brooklyn — it just feels good.” Mother Claudette Ramos-McKoy and an aunt kept him busy with sports and out of trouble coming up in the hardscrabble neighborhoods. First was karate — but Wint took to it too quickly, and his family scrambled to find something else to occupy his time. “His aunt was actually the one that came up and said, ‘Let’s put him in football,’ ” said Wint’s mother. “That way he gets to go every week and keeps him busy.” At 9 years old, Wint joined the Brooklyn Renegades youth program. He fell in love with the sport — it was an outlet. …
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