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Born: | Onitsha, Nigeria | March 20, 1991||||||||
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 | ||||||||
Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2015 / Round: 6 / Pick: 209 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Obum Gwacham (born March 20, 1991) is a Nigerian professional football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers. He has been a member of the Seattle Seahawks, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets, Arizona Hotshots, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Vipers and BC Lions.
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 |
On Saturday, May 2, 2015, Gwacham was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the 209th pick in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft. [1]
On September 5, 2015, he was waived by the Seahawks.
On September 6, 2015, he was claimed off waivers by the New Orleans Saints. [2] He was placed on injured reserve on September 28, 2016. [3] On September 2, 2017, the Saints released Gwacham. [4]
On September 4, 2017, Gwacham was signed to the practice squad of the Arizona Cardinals. [5]
On October 4, 2017, Gwacham was signed by the New York Jets off the Cardinals' practice squad. [6]
On August 31, 2018, Gwacham was waived by the Jets. [7]
In 2019, Gwacham joined the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football. [8]
On June 13, 2019, Gwacham signed with the Indianapolis Colts. [9] He was released on August 31, 2019. [10]
Gwacham was selected by the Tampa Bay Vipers of the XFL in the 21st Round (round one of phase three) of the 2020 XFL Draft. [11] He was placed on injured reserve before the start of the season on January 21, 2020. [12] [13] He was activated from injured reserve on February 24, 2020. [14] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020. [15]
Gwacham signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League on December 9, 2020. [16] He became a free agent after the 2022 season. [17]
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 | |
2015 | 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 | ||
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Gwacham was born in Nigeria but moved to Chino Hills, California with his family when he was seven. [18]
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