Bobby Okereke says his parents came around to football when he received his first scholarship offer as a high school junior.
“I think my parents got on board when I got my first scholarship, when I was a junior in high school.”
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Bobby Okereke was a member of the Boy Scouts of America for about nine years.
“I was a Boy Scout, I was in the Boy Scouts of America for about nine years.”
Bobby Okereke's first scholarship offer came from the University of Washington.
“Uh, University of Washington. And I told my mom, I got a I got an offer, and she was like, What's that?”
In high school Bobby Okereke played defensive end, tight end, wide receiver and some wildcat quarterback.
“Started out defensive end, uh, transitioned to tight end, wide receiver, and then ended up playing a little wildcat quarterback.”
Bobby Okereke's recruiting options included Washington, USC, UCLA, Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Stanford.
“Washington, uh, USC, UCLA, uh, Northwestern, Vanderbilt.”
Bobby Okereke chose Stanford because of its mix of academic and athletic excellence, including Rose Bowl wins and alumni such as Andrew Luck.
“Uh, just the combination of academic and athletic excellence at the time, you know, they were winning Rose Bowls. Andrew Luck had played there.”
Bobby Okereke's Stanford incoming class included Christian McCaffrey and Solomon Thomas, who were both first-round NFL draft picks.
“Uh, my incoming class was Christian McCaffrey, Solomon Thomas, both of them 1st 1st overall draft or 1st round draft picks.”
Solomon Thomas was drafted second overall and Christian McCaffrey eighth overall.
“Solomon No. 2 overall, Christian No. 8.”
Bobby Okereke recalls Stanford going about 12-2, finishing No. 2 nationally and winning the Rose Bowl in his sophomore year.
“we went, uh, I think 12 and 2, we finished No. 2 in the nation, won the Rose Bowl.”
David Shaw was Stanford's head coach when he gave Bobby Okereke the 'foot in the door' evaluation after Bobby's third year.
“David Shaw was my head coach at the time, and we always do end-of-year evaluations.”
Bobby Okereke says about four or five of the roughly 20-22 players in his Stanford recruiting class were drafted.
“my incoming class was about maybe 20, 22 guys. I think about 4 or 5 of us got drafted.”
Bobby Okereke was all-Pac-12 as a senior and a Stanford captain in his fifth year.
“was a all-Pac 12 player my senior year, and then my 5th year senior year was a captain”
The Indianapolis Colts drafted Bobby Okereke with the 89th pick, in the third round.
“they had the 89th pick.”
Bobby Okereke says NFL players spend 8 to 9 hours a day at the team facility versus about 3 to 4 hours of football in college.
“if you're an NFL team, you're you're at the facility 8 to 9 hours a day, and you're playing football.”
Bobby Okereke's Colts position coach posted a daily power ranking of the roughly seven linebackers.
“We'd have about 7 linebackers in the room, and on the right side of the board, there'd be a power ranking.”
Bobby Okereke became a starter by the third or fourth game of his rookie season with the Colts.
“I ended up starting by the 3rd or 4th game of my rookie year and played really well.”
NFL team captains are chosen by player vote, typically right before the season starts, according to Bobby Okereke.
“Yeah, players vote, um, usually right before season starts.”
Bobby Okereke has started two black car chauffeur companies, one in Miami and one in New York.
“I've started 2 um car companies, they're black car chauffeur services, um, like private chauffeur services. 1 in Miami, then I brought the other 1 up to New York.”
Bobby Okereke says his parents taught the 'three P's': preparation, perseverance and persistence.
“they always told us the 3 P's, uh, and it was preparation, perseverance, and persistence.”
Bobby Okereke founded the nonprofit Nigerian American Football Outreach to grow football at the grassroots level in Nigeria.
“I started a nonprofit called Nigerian American Football Outreach, and, uh, it's really just growing the game, uh, from a grassroots standpoint, back home in Nigeria.”
Bobby Okereke works with Osi Umenyiora, a former Giants Super Bowl player who heads NFL Africa.
“I work with, uh, Osi Umenyiora, uh, New York Giant Super Bowl legend. Uh, he's the head of NFL Africa”
A player found through Osi Umenyiora's NFL Africa camps, described as having never worn football pads, was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles.
“he just got drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles.”