He may not have ever been to Milan or Minsk, but Chukwuma Okorafor has certainly been on a long journey. The 24-year-old is Nigerian-born, later living in Botswana, before his family immigrated to the Detroit area in 2010. It was upon arriving in the United States half a life ago that he learned about American football, and began to pick up the sport.
He did not even play tackle until his junior year in high school, having instead quickly adapted to the role of punter due to his interest and background in soccer. After two years in high school playing the position, he developed into a three-year starting tackle for Western Michigan.