Robert Nkemdiche
| No. 90 Arizona Cardinals | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive End | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 19, 1994 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 296 lb (134 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Loganville (GA) Grayson | ||||||||||||
| College: | Mississippi | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 29 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Total tackles: | 1 |
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| Sacks: | 0.0 |
| Passes Defended: | 1 |
| Forced fumbles: | 0 |
| Interceptions: | 0 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Robert Nkemdiche (/nkɪmˈdiːtʃɛ/ n-kem-DEE-chay; born September 19, 1994) is an American football defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He attended the University of Mississippi for three years until declaring early for the 2016 NFL draft where he was picked 29th overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
Regarded by ESPN as the "Southeast's best [high school football] prospect since the early 1980s," Nkemdiche was the highest touted prospect committing to the Ole Miss Rebels since Eli Manning in 1999.
A native of Loganville, Georgia, Nkemdiche attended Grayson High School, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball and track. He played as a defensive end and running back for the Grayson Rams high school football team. In his junior season, he registered 59 tackles and 18 sacks on defense while also running for 528 yards and scoring 17 touchdowns on offense. Grayson went undefeated throughout the season, finishing 15–0 with a GHSA 6A state title win over Marietta Walton. In his senior year, Nkemdiche registered 59 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and seven sacks on defense, while on offense, he had 235 total rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. Early in the season Grayson defeated Dalvin Cook's Miami (FL) Central 35–3 in a game that was nationally televised on ESPN. The Rams went on to a 10–2 season record, and were upset by Mitch Hyatt's North Gwinnett in the second round of the GHSA 6A state playoffs. Nkemdiche was the Gwinnett Daily Post Defensive Player of the Year. He finished his career at Grayson with 41 career sacks. He was named first-team All-American as a junior by MaxPreps, as well as second-team as a senior.
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