Akbar Gbaja-Biamila
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| Position: | Defensive end / Linebacker | ||
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| Date of birth: | May 6, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth: | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||
| Weight: | 246 lb (112 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Los Angeles (CA) Crenshaw | ||
| College: | San Diego State | ||
| Undrafted: | 2003 | ||
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Akbar Oluwakemi-Idowu Gbaja-Biamila (born May 6, 1979) is a former professional American football player who currently is the co-host for American Ninja Warrior and works as a sports analyst for the NFL Network. He was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played college football at San Diego State University.
Gbaja-Biamila also played for the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins. He is the younger brother of former Green Bay Packers defensive end Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila.
Gbaja-Biamila was born in Los Angeles, California.
At Crenshaw High School in South Los Angeles, he was a star basketball player on teams which were part of the Willie West Jr. coaching era. He and his teammates won back-to-back City and State Championships in 1996 and 1997. Gbaja-Biamila moved to play football during his senior year. He was an all-league and all-conference choice. He was also named team’s defensive lineman of the year, compiling 11 sacks and 74 tackles in his senior campaign.
Gbaja-Biamila accepted a football scholarship at San Diego State University, where he was all-Mountain West Conference in his senior year of 2002. He joined the group Athletes For Education, one of a handful of collegiate players that were part of the outreach group, and worked with founder Steve Haynes and a group of San Diego-area professional players to go into communities and work with young people on life skills. Akbar’s passion was speaking about financial literacy, and he spent hours working with youth in San Diego about the value of investing and understanding how the financial system worked. He also worked on reading and math programs with impoverished youth, giving him insight as a young athlete into the value of community assistance.
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