PHILADELPHIA - Tahir Whitehead's accomplishments as a football player over the years speak for themselves. As a former Linebacker for the Owls he was a second-team All-MAC performer during his senior year and a fourth round NFL draft pick of the Detroit Lions in 2012. He continued to excel on the NFL girdiron as he finished tied for ninth in tackles in 2016 with 132 and just signed a new three-year, 18-million dollar contract with the Oakland Raiders last month. It's what he continues to do off the field that keeps opening eyes though.
Whitehead has been known around the Newark West Side High community for some time as a big-hearted benefactor of youth sports in his hometown.