Obum Gwacham (born March 20, 1991) is a Nigerian former professional football defensive end. He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers. He was a member of the Seattle Seahawks, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets, Arizona Hotshots, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Vipers and BC Lions.
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||
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| Born: | March 20, 1991 Onitsha, Nigeria | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 244 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Ayala (Chino Hills, California) | ||||||||||
| College: | Oregon State | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2015 / round: 6 / pick: 209 | ||||||||||
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College career
editGwacham converted from wide receiver to defensive end for his senior season at Oregon State.[1]
Professional career
edit| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press |
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| 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
246 lb (112 kg) |
34 in (0.86 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.72 s | 7.28 s | 36.0 in (0.91 m) |
121 ft 0 in (36.88 m) |
22 reps |
Seattle Seahawks
editOn Saturday, May 2, 2015, Gwacham was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the 209th pick in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft.[2]
On September 5, 2015, he was waived by the Seahawks.
New Orleans Saints
editOn September 6, 2015, he was claimed off waivers by the New Orleans Saints.[3] He was placed on injured reserve on September 28, 2016.[4] On September 2, 2017, the Saints released Gwacham.[5]
Arizona Cardinals
editOn September 4, 2017, Gwacham was signed to the practice squad of the Arizona Cardinals.[6]
New York Jets
editOn October 4, 2017, Gwacham was signed by the New York Jets off the Cardinals' practice squad.[7]
On August 31, 2018, Gwacham was waived by the Jets.[8]
Arizona Hotshots
editIn 2019, Gwacham joined the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football.[9]
Indianapolis Colts
editOn June 13, 2019, Gwacham signed with the Indianapolis Colts.[10] He was released on August 31, 2019.[11]
Tampa Bay Vipers
editGwacham was selected by the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL in the 21st Round (round one of phase three) of the 2020 XFL Draft.[12] He was placed on injured reserve before the start of the season on January 21, 2020.[13][14] He was activated from injured reserve on February 24, 2020.[15] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[16]
BC Lions
editGwacham signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League on December 9, 2020.[17] He became a free agent after the 2022 season.[18]
NFL career statistics
editRegular season
edit| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | FF | FR | |||
| 2015 | NOR | 9 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | NYJ | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 15 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Source: [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Personal life
editGwacham was born in Nigeria but moved to Chino Hills, California with his family when he was seven.[19]
Notes
edit- ^ "Obum Gwacham". osubeavers.com. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ Knox, Kristopher (May 2, 2015). "Obum Gwacham to Seattle Seahawks: Full Draft-Pick Breakdown". Bleacher Report. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ "New Orleans Saints announce practice squad moves, waiver claims". NewOrleansSaints.com. September 6, 2015. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ Katzenstein, Josh. "New Orleans Saints place DE Obum Gwacham on injured reserve, source says". NOLA.com. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ^ "New Orleans Saints make 37 roster moves". NewOrleansSaints.com. September 2, 2017. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017.
- ^ Cox, Seth (September 4, 2017). "Arizona Cardinals add Andy Lee, release Matt Wile and make two more roster moves". RevengeOfTheBirds.com.
- ^ Allen, Eric (October 4, 2017). "Jets Sign DL Stinson and OLB Gwacham". NewYorkJets.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017.
- ^ Lange, Randy (August 31, 2018). "Jets Cut 18 Players on Their Way to 53-Player Active Roster". NewYorkJets.com.
- ^ Root, Jess (January 31, 2019). "14 former end-of-roster, practice squad Cardinals on AAF's Arizona Hotshots". USA Today. Cards Wire. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
- ^ "Colts Sign DE Obum Gwacham; Waive DT Chunky Clements". Colts.com. June 13, 2019.
- ^ Walker, Andrew (August 31, 2019). "Colts Announce Final 2019 Roster Cuts". Colts.com.
- ^ Daniels, Tim (October 15, 2019). "XFL Draft 2019 Results: Rosters, Day 1 Selections for Each Team". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
- ^ Talbot, Damond (January 22, 2020). "A Full List of XFL Roster Cuts, Who was released today?". NFLDraftDiamonds.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ "XFL Injured Reserve". XFL.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "XFL Transactions". XFL.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- ^ Condotta, Bob (April 10, 2020). "XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ "Lions Add Americans Bonner, Gwacham and Jones To Roster". BCLions.com. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ "2023 CFL free agent rankings: defensive linemen". 3downnation.com. February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
- ^ "Determination led Obum Gwacham to his dream". July 10, 2015.
