15 Facts About Chinedum Ndukwe

Chinedum Ndukwe was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL draft.

Chinedum Ndukwe played college football for the University of Notre Dame.

Chinedum Ndukwe played in 46 games with 25 starts and made 157 tackles.

Chinedum Ndukwe was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL draft.

Chinedum Ndukwe made an immediate impact by playing in 14 games and starting two in place of an injured Dexter Jackson at strong safety.

Chinedum Ndukwe finished the season with 35 tackles, two sacks, three interceptions, six pass deflections, a fumble recovery that he returned for a touchdown, and one forced fumble.

Chinedum Ndukwe finished the season one of four Bengals to log an entry in every statistical column on the defensive stat sheet for the season.

Chinedum Ndukwe missed the second and third games of the season due to a hamstring injury suffered against the Baltimore Ravens.

Chinedum Ndukwe recorded 12 tackles, which was second-best on the team.

Chinedum Ndukwe was competing with Dexter Jackson for the starting safety role; however, in 2009 the Bengals cut Jackson, leaving Ndukwe as the starting strong safety.

Chinedum Ndukwe became a free agent after the 2010 season.

Ndukwe's name Chinedum means "God is my guiding light" in Igbo.

In 2008, Chinedum Ndukwe attended the Harvard Business School, followed by the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009 for the NFL Business Management Program.

On January 30,2012, Chinedum Ndukwe made his voiceover debut, working for NFL Films as the narrator for ESPN's Hey Rookie.

Chinedum Ndukwe is the youngest of three sons; his oldest brother Kelechi is commanding officer of USS Halsey, who previously served on the Minesweeper Crew SWERVE, based in San Diego, as the executive officer and later commanding officer of USS Devastator in Manama, Bahrain.