Ifeanyi Ohalete
No. 26, 25
Position:Safety
Personal information
Born: (1979-05-22) May 22, 1979
Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:221 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:Los Alamitos
(Los Alamitos, California)
College:USC
Undrafted:2001
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Games played:78
Games started:50
Interceptions:8
Touchdowns:1
Fumble recoveries:5
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Ifeanyi Ohalete (born May 22, 1979) is a former American football safety in National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC.

Early life

Ohalete born Springfield, Illinois. He attended and played football for Los Alamitos High School.

College career

Ohalete played college football at the University of Southern California. He is remembered by many USC Trojans fans as the player who committed an unnecessary roughness penalty after a failed fourth down attempt giving the University of Notre Dame a crucial first down and allowing the Irish to complete a 21-point second half comeback in 1999.

Professional career

Ohalete played for the Arizona Cardinals in 2004. He came to Arizona on waivers from the Washington Redskins, where he played 47 games with 24 starts from 2001 to 2003. He entered the NFL with Washington in 2001 as a college free agent.

Ohalete played the 2005 season as the starting Strong Safety for the eventual 2005 AFC North Division Champion Cincinnati Bengals.

He played in 2007 for the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League, and was second on the team in tackles.

NFL statistics

YearTeamGPCOMBTOTALASTSACKFFFRFR YDSINTIR YDSAVG IRLNGTDPD
2001WSH169720.0000112121201
2002WSH166750171.01103109367816
2003WSH1510380230.0010360203008
2004ARI167057130.0110000008
2005CIN155641150.0000115151502
Career78305235701.023081962578125

[1]

Key

  • GP: games played
  • COMB: combined tackles
  • TOTAL: total tackles
  • AST: assisted tackles
  • SACK: sacks
  • FF: forced fumbles
  • FR: fumble recoveries
  • FR YDS: fumble return yards
  • INT: interceptions
  • IR YDS: interception return yards
  • AVG IR: average interception return
  • LNG: longest interception return
  • TD: interceptions returned for touchdown
  • PD: passes defensed

Personal

Ohalete is of Nigerian descent. His father is a Nigerian immigrant from Mbano in Imo State.

Ohalete ran into some drama in 2004 with Clinton Portis of the Washington Redskins. Portis came to the Redskins in a blockbuster trade that involved Pro Bowl cornerback Champ Bailey. Portis had worn the number 26, and Ohalete had the number. Portis agreed to buy the rights to the number from Ohalete, but Ohalete later sued Portis to force payment. The case was settled before trial, but not before Portis challenged Ohalete to a boxing match to determine the rightful owner of the number. The match never happened.[2]

References

  1. "Ifeanyi Ohalete Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  2. "Portis, Ohalete Reach Settlement On No. 26 Jersey". The Washington Post. June 7, 2005. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
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