Africa’s 50 Greatest Athletes Cont’d
No 39. Nnamdi Asomugha Country:
Nigeria/USA Sport: Football (American Football)
Even though Nnamdi was born in the US he identi- fies greatly with the land of his parents and ancestry. His parents are from Nigeria and Nnamdi was born in Lafayette Louisiana. Nnamdi is one of the NFL’s most accomplished corners in the history of the sport. He is what you call a shut down corner in the game and have held many wide receivers at bay and a non factor in games. It does not matter what the caliber of the receiver is Nnamdi is always up for the challenge.
Drafted in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft as the 31st overall pick by the Oakland Raiders Nnamdi played college football at the University of California, Berkeley.
In the NFL he earned so much respect on the field of play that In 2010, Asomugha was selected as a member of the Sports’ and USA Today's NFL All-Decade Team. Nnamdi Asomugha is currently a free agent (2011) and many teams will be seeking his services.
Off the field Nnamdi is passionate about helping the com- munity; he has a foundation Orphans and Widows In Need (OWIN). Through this foundation, Asomugha provides, shelter, medicine, food and education to widows and orphans that are victims of poverty and abuse in Nigeria, OWIN currently runs two locations in Nigeria and his plans
are to expand to other countries in Africa in the near future. In fact in recognition of his efforts Nnamdi was a nominee for the recipient of the Walter Payton Community Award at the 2011 Super bowl in Dallas Texas.
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