Tuesday, May 01, 2007

A new Nigerian Nightmare in the NFL, Amobi Okoye


Amobi Okoye was walking at 7 months old and by 1he amused himself by pushing dining chairs across the kitchenfloor.So it seems normal to his mother, Edna Okoye, that her19-year-old "baby boy," picked 10th by Houston, would be theyoungest player taken in the first round of the NFL draft since themerger."From the time I had him he has been ahead of everything he hasto do," Edna said Sunday after the defensive tackle fromLouisville was introduced in Houston.Okoye started high school at age 12 and was enrolled atLouisville by 16. He earned a degree in psychology in just 3 and 1/2 years while becoming a leader on Louisville's defense.He lived in Nigeria until the age of 12 and didn't know muchabout football before moving to the United States.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Impressive! I hope he does well in the NFL.

Ms. Catwalq said...

I still do not follow how he is a nightmare...
can u elaborate