Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Engels ya fara halartar Jihar Arewacin Carolina tare da tallafin wasanni. A lokacin shekararsa ta farko, an yi masa jan rigar kuma ya fuskanci matsalolin rauni na yau da kullun. A lokacin bazara bayan shekararsa ta farko, ya yi tafiya tare da 'yan wasan matasa na Amurka zuwa Colombia don yin gasa a gasar zakarun Turai ta matasa ta 2013
, inda ya lashe tseren mita 1500. Bayan watanni hudu bayan wannan, a lokacin hutun hunturu, Engels ya yanke shawarar dakatar da rajista a NC State. Ya yi la'akari da dakatar da tseren tsere gaba daya, amma kocin makarantar sakandare, Chris Catton, ya bukaci kada ya daina. A lokacin hunturu na rashin tabbas, ya aika da kyaututtuka daban-daban ga abokansa a NC State a matsayin alamar ban kwana, kuma ya sayi motar motsa jiki ta amfani da Craigslist, wanda ya lalace nan da nan bayan sayan.