Amobi Okoye
Okoye with the Bears in 2011
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| No. -- Saskatchewan Roughriders | |||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 10, 1987 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Anambra, Nigeria | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 310 lb (141 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Huntsville (AL) Lee | ||||||||
| College: | Louisville | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10 | ||||||||
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| CFL status: | International | ||||||||
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| Tackles: | 177 |
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| Sacks: | 16.0 |
| Forced fumbles: | 3 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Amobi Okoye (born June 10, 1987) is a Nigerian football player who plays as a defensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Houston Texans tenth overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisville.
Okoye was born in Anambra State, Nigeria, a member of the Igbo ethnic group. He moved to Huntsville, Alabama in the United States when he was 12 years old. After only spending two weeks in middle school, he tested into the 9th grade. He first started playing football as a sophomore at Lee High School, knowing virtually nothing about the game before his high school coach suggested he go play Madden NFL football to learn. By the time he was a senior, he won first-team All-State honors as both a defensive lineman and offensive lineman. Because he shares the same surname as former Kansas City Chiefs fullback Christian Okoye, some sources have claimed that the two are related. Amobi says they are not related, but the two families live on adjoining land in Nigeria.
At age 15 Okoye chose the University of Louisville over Harvard, citing a desire to play for a strong football program.
At Louisville, Okoye majored in biology. He later switched his major to psychology and graduated a semester early, thereby completing his degree in three and a half years. At 16, he became the youngest player in the NCAA. Okoye played in all 13 games as a true freshman at defensive tackle and was credited with 17 tackles and a sack. He recorded then-career-best three tackles against Tulane and recorded his first career sack against UTEP.
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