After giving football a chance, Busano blossoms at Eagle Rock
October 16, 2025
|Los Angeles Times
Lacking confidence as a 14-year-old freshman, Melion Busano entered high school with one thought in mind.
ERIC SONDHEIMER Los Angeles Times SENIOR Melion Busano of Eagle Rock has developed into one of the best running backs in the City Section.
“Just get the four years over with,” he said.
In September 2022, while getting 30 minutes to try out for the basketball team at Eagle Rock High, his confidence was shaken even more.
“They said if we send you a text, you made the team. I never got that text,” he said. “I was in denial. ‘Maybe they forgot me.’ After the third or fourth week, I was [thinking], ‘Maybe they didn’t send that text.’”
Rejection left him adrift, but then came the moment that changed his life. While carrying around a camera for film class, the JV football coach, Vince Vergara, noticed him, pulled him aside and asked, “Hey, do you want to play football?”
He joined the JV team as a sophomore. His mother had refused to let him play football years ago after seeing the 2015 film, “Concussion.” This time, she told him, “Be careful.”
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