Osi Umenyiora, Tony Ugoh, and Prince Amukamara, and New England Patriots’ James Ihedigbo. These are the “Nigerian connection” at Super Bowl 46.
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sophomore. He started 36 of 48 games for the Trojans. In 2002, as a senior, he was honorable mention All-American after starting every game at right defensive.
Regardless of which side the god of football decided to smile upon on Sun-day, the Giants or the Patriots, clearly, at least a Nigerian name will be specially crafted in gold as champion of Super Bowl 46 – the biggest one-day sport festive on earth.
Four Nigerians will be on duty for their NFL teams – New York Giants’ Osi Umenyiora, Tony Ugoh, and Prince Amukamara, and New England Patriots’ James Ihedigbo. These are the “Nigerian connection” at Super Bowl 46.
Umenyiora was born in Golders Green, London to Nigerian parents.[2] His family moved back to Nigeria and later to Auburn, Alabama, where he started playing football in high school. Of Igbo descent, his full first name means in Igbo "from today things will be good".
He attended the prestigious Atlantic Hall in Epe,Lagos then He attended Auburn High School with Dallas Cowboys linebacker Demarcus Ware and Washington Redskins linebacker Marcus Washington.
At Troy University, Umenyiora became a starter at defensive end in his junior year after starting his career as a defensive tackle. He shifted to nose guard as a
Anthony Ike "Tony" Ugoh, Jr. (born November 17, 1983) who is currently an offensive tackle for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arkansas.
Amukamara was born in Leominster, Massachusetts to parents Romanus and Christy Amukamara, both natives of Nigeria.
He soon moved to New Jersey before moving to Glendale, Arizona when he was five years old. He has five sisters, named Princess, Promise, Peace, Precious, and Passionate. Prince is of Royal Nigerian descent, and his grandfather was the chief of Awo-Omamma in the Imo State of Nigeria.
He is currently next in line to be the chief.[3] His mother competed for Nigeria at the 1984 Summer Olympics in track and field.[6] His father is a teacher.[
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James Ihedigbo played football at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst from 2002-2006. After arriving in 2002, Ihedigbo redshirted his first year. In the following season, he started 10 of 12 games for UMass, picking off 4 passes, making 3 tackles for loss and was named the team's most improved defensive player.
In his third year at Massachusetts, Ihedigbo switched to strong safety from free safety and ranked sixth on the team in total tackles with 45. In his redshirt junior year, he was named to the Atlantic 10 conference third team and started at strong safety for a team which allowed the fewest points in all of Division
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