Obi Egekeze

Quick Facts

Full Name	Obi Egekeze
Occupation	American Football Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 8, 1985(1985-11-08)
Age	39
Birthplace	Augusta
Country	United States
Birth City	Georgia
Horoscope	Scorpio

Obi Egekeze Biography

Obi Egekeze is one of the most popular and richest American Football Player who was born on November 8, 1985 in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Egekeze was born in Augusta, Georgia in 1985. He was a student at Westside High School in Augusta in Georgia, where he was a three-time starter in basketball, football, and soccer. Punter and placekicker for the football team at the school He was also selected as an all-state football player in his senior year. Egekze also had the school’s grade points score at 3.86 and was offered the chance to play in the college game at several top universities such as those at the University of Georgia, Ohio State University, University of Texas and Penn State. He was offered an offer to study at Maryland’s University of Maryland.

Egekeze completed his undergraduate diploma in finance the month of May 2008, but he continued on the University of Maryland as a graduate student studying international business. He was twice chosen as an Academic All-ACC athlete.

Egekeze suffered a slump early in the 2008 season that included five consecutive missed field goal attempts (three of which hit an upright). In late September 2008, a writer for The Baltimore Sun wrote: “Here’s a bad sign. I Googled ‘Egekeze’ and ‘crossbar’ and came up with 986 hits.” As word of the slump spread, Egekeze received advice and encouragement from kickers across the United States, including Kansas City Chiefs kicker, Nick Novak and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jan Stenerud. Egekeze said at the time, “It is completely different talking to another kicker who has had those up-and-down days. We all watch each other’s stats and know how everyone is doing. We all know.” Egekeze regained his form and converted several key field goals that led to important wins for the 2008 Maryland Terrapins football team, including a game-winning kick in the rain during the closing seconds against North Carolina State, another game-winning kick against North Carolina to move Maryland into first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and four field goals in a single game against #21 ranked Wake Forest.

Egekeze subsequently signed to play professional football for the Omaha Nighthawks as an undrafted free agent in 2010. Egekeze completed his MBA at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013. During his time at Illinois he started the U of I chapter of Uplifting Athletes, a national nonprofit organization aligning college football with rare diseases and raising them as a national priority through outreach, research, education and advocacy.

In the 2006 season, Egekeze handled kickoffs for the Maryland Terrapins after competing with Dan Ennis for the starting placekicker job. He was the Terrapins starting placekicker in 2007 and in 2008. Egekeze was the starting placekicker in every game for the Terrapins in 2007 and 2008. He scored the Terrapins with 164 points on 68 additional point (68-of-69 made convertible) along with 32 field goal (32-for-47 transformed). He ranks 10th in scoring over the course of all the time of the Maryland football team.

Obi Egekeze Net Worth

Obi Egekeze is one of the richest American Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Obi Egekeze 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Chukwuemeka Obi Egekeze (born on November 8 in 1985) is an ex- American football player. He played for the college team of the University of Maryland from 2006 until 2008. The team’s first placekicker between 2007 and 2008. He scored the team with 164 points and kicking 32 field goals and scoring 68 consecutive additional points without missing in the regular season of 2007 and 2008. He is ranked tenth in scoring over the past 100 years in the time span of the Maryland Terrapins football program.

The brother Ndu Egekeze was a basketball player for Penn State from 2000 to 2004. A second brother Nkem Egekeze was a soccer player during his time at Mercer University.

The slump and Egekeze’s comeback after receiving support from fellow kickers was the subject of extensive press coverage in 2008 and 2009.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Obi Egekeze height 6 ft 2 in Obi weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

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Facts & Trivia

Obi Ranked on the list of most popular American Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Obi Egekeze celebrates birthday on November 8 of every year.