The Patriots claimed Amara Darboh off waivers on Sunday to add another wide receiver to their roster.
Here’s what you need to know about Darboh, who is entering his second season in the NFL after spending 2017 with the Seahawks.
He was born in Sierra Leone.
According to an in-depth feature from The Seattle Times, Darboh grew up in Sierra Leone during a civil war that killed an estimated 70,000 people and displaced close to 2.5 million.
Darboh’s parents died in the war when he was two years old, and he and some of his family members fled the country to escape the chaos.