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BostonBear's avatar

Goddam I want this team to win -- but having players/students/humans like Okoye be a part of the Berkeley/Golden Bear community matters more. He's seen the world in ways most will never have the opportunity -- he's seen it hard and he's seen it beautiful. We desperately need more wordly people. And also, WREAK HAVOC FRIEND!

KetamineCal's avatar

Incredible athleticism. Glad he decided to apply it to playing football in Berkeley!

SGBear's avatar

Let's add a bit of context.

45.5" vertical would tie the NFL combine record for any position of all time.

And 11'6" broad would tie for the second furthest of any OLB of all time.

And 4.5 seconds would have put him in the top 5 of linebackers at the 2026 combine.

Chuck Pennacchio's avatar

Okoye! Welcome to Bear Territory!

Wogggs (fka Sports Injuries)'s avatar

The new Nigerian Nightmare? Let's hope. I wonder if he is aware of Christian Okoye, the original Nigerian Nightmare.

Bear19's avatar

With the same last name, both coming from Nigeria, etc. there seems to be a lot of coincidences. Welcome to Cal, Emmanuel!