Ogbonnia Okoronkwo

Ogbonnia "Ogbo" Okoronkwo was born in Gainesville, Florida, to Nigerian parents and grew up in Houston, where he attended Alief Taylor High School. He started playing football as a sophomore and kept it hidden from his academics-focused parents until his junior year. At Oklahoma he broke out in 2016 with nine sacks (second-team All-Big 12). In 2017 he had 17 tackles for loss and eight sacks, was named Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, and earned All-America honors. He finished with 21 career sacks and a degree in African and African-American Studies. The Rams drafted him in the fifth round, 160th overall, in 2018, and he won Super Bowl LVI with them. He later played for Houston, Cleveland and Philadelphia and joined San Francisco in 2026. His career totals are 134 tackles and 18.0 sacks. (His infobox lists him as a first-team All-American; the AP named him to its second team.)