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 Ihedigbo with the Jets in November 2009. | |||||||||||||
| No. 44 Free Agent | |||||||||||||
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| Safety / Special teamer | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth: December 3, 1983 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth: Northampton, Massachusetts | |||||||||||||
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| Career information | |||||||||||||
| College: Massachusetts | |||||||||||||
| Undrafted in 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Debuted in 2008 for the New York Jets | |||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| Roster status: Active | |||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 16, 2011 | |||||||||||||
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James Ugochu Ihedigbo (/ihdibo/ ee-HED-ee-boh; born December 3, 1983)[1] is an American football safety who is a free agent of the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Massachusetts.
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Ihedigbo played at Amherst Regional High School where he was a two-time All-Western Massachusetts and All-League selection.[2]
James Ihedigbo played football at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst from 2002-2006.[3] After arriving in 2002, Ihedigbo redshirted his first year. In the following season, he started 10 of 12 games for UMass, picking off 4 passes, making 3 tackles for loss and was named the team's most improved defensive player.[3] In his third year at Massachusetts, Ihedigbo switched to strong safety from free safety and ranked sixth on the team in total tackles with 45.[3] In his redshirt junior year, he was named to the Atlantic 10 conference third team and started at strong safety for a team which allowed the fewest points in all of Division I-AA football. He finished third in the conference in sacks with 7.5.[3] As a senior, he was a candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award and a Walter Camp All-American as well as a senior captain.[3]
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| 6 ft 0 in | 211 lb | 4.77 s | 1.64 s | 2.77 s | 4.24 s | 7.12 s | 35 in | 9 ft 0 in | 15 reps | - | |||||||||
| Results taken from Pro Day workout.[4] | |||||||||||||||||||
In a 1613 overtime loss to the Buffalo Bills on October 18, 2009, Ihedigbo and fellow Jet Marques Murrell threw punches at Bills Tight End Derek Fine, prompting Ihedigbo to be ejected from the game by officials. The NFL fined both players for $5,000 and head coach Rex Ryan benched Ihedigbo, along with Murrell, for the following game against the Oakland Raiders.[5]
Ihedigbo signed with the New England Patriots on August 19, 2011.[6] Ihedigbo became a starter with the Patriots after a number of other defensive backs were either cut or injured. Prior to the start of the season, Pro Bowl safety Brandon Meriweather as well as fellow starter James Sanders were cut. Through ten games in the 2011 season, Ihedigbo started 6 games and made 42 tackles.
Ihedigbo was born to Rose and Apollos Ihedigbo, immigrants from Nigeria.[7] Ihedigbo has three other brothers, Emeka, Nate, David and a sister, Onyii.
Ihedigbo founded the HOPE Africa Foundation in 2008 to help provide educational services for underprivileged communities in Africa.[8] The foundation offers a wealth of assistance to these communities in the form of scholarships, mentoring, funding, and developmental projects.[8]
Ihedigbo is also involved in the Nigerian Agricultural Technical Community College, founded by his parents.[8]
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