Original Story Published by: Jamie Edmonds, www.clickondetroit.com
Photo Source: Carlos Osorio – The Associated Press
(Above) David Ojabo
As everybody waits for the ball to drop for 2022, college football fans anticipate kickoff for their respective schools as the Michigan Wolverines and the Georgia Bulldogs will duke it out at the Capital One Orange Bowl in the College Football Playoff semifinal inside Hard Rock Stadium.
We know about Heisman runner-up Aidan Hutchinson and his journey as he set the single-season sack record at 14 in 2021. But on the other side, junior edge rusher David Ojabo is making a name for himself.
Ojabo is a force to be reckoned with. He has accounted for 11 of the team’s 34 sacks this season while also adding 24 tackles. The stellar season has him locked as a potential first-round draft pick.
“Usually during break time in school in Nigeria, soccer was a normal game boys played,” David Ojabo’s mother, Ngor Ojabo, said.
David Ojabo was seven years old when his father, Victor Ojabo, received an international assignment, moving the family to Aberdeen, Scotland, where David’s athletic ability was on full display.
“It’s where he picked up basketball, volleyball, baseball, even rollerblading,” Ngor Ojabo said. “He dominated.”
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