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with U.S. Army Sgt. Hubert Stennis, wheeled vehicle mechanic, 367th Support Maintenance Company, 298th Corps Support Battalion, for a photo during a visit with the United Services Organizations Deployment Processing Center on Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany, on Nov. 2, 2023. The visit from the Kansas City Chiefs is a part of a partnership between the NFL and USO that allows retired NFL players to host meet and greets where Soldiers and families can get photos and signed memorabilia. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Scott Sparks)

Three elite footballers who have featured in the American Professional Football League, commonly called The National Football League, on Saturday, appeared on African Voices Changemakers, a magazine programme of the Cable News Network International.

The three footballers who are of Nigerian descent include, Christian Emeka Okoye, Kenneth Odumegwu and Haggai Chisom Ndubuisi.

They were featured on the personality interview programme sponsored by digital solutions provider, Globacom.

Born August 16, 1961, Okoye nicknamed “the Nigerian Nightmare”, played professional football fullback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL from 1987 to 1992.

Okoye ran a six-season NFL career that produced an NFL rushing champion title in 1989, first-team All-Pro honors in 1989, second-team All-Pro honors in 1991, two Pro Bowl appearances in 1989 and 1991, and three playoff appearances.

He mentored both Ndubuisi and Odumegwu. He was inducted into the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2000.

On his part, Odumegwu, born in Lagos on 29 November, 2000, is a Nigerian professional linebacker in the American football defencive end for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL.

A former student of the National Open University of Nigeria, Odumegwu, played soccer and basketball before trying out American football in 2022.

Ndubuisi who clocked 24 on 15th October was Washington Commanders’ Defencive lineman of the NFL.

He joined the NFL through the International Player Pathway programme and had been a member of the Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, and the United Football League’s, San Antonio Brahmas.

The programme came up at 8.30 a.m Saturday on CNN Channel 401 with repeats at 12.00 p.m. same day. It would come up on Sunday by 4.30 a.m., and 7.00 p.m. Monday 4.00 a.m.


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