I prefer to read it, so I clicked on the link. Some key quotes that really impressed me:

He was sponsored to come here. Back then, he basically had to win a lottery to be able to come to the States from Nigeria. He was able to do that. He was able to graduate from college in two years, and finish medical school shortly after that.

I can’t believe his dad could do that. Also, this one shocked me:

So, all your All-Americans are on the left side, and all the Academic All-Americans are on your right. When I first got to UT, I never saw any African American faces on the academic on the Academic All-American wall. When I first got there, my goal was to be the first guy to do that. And, my senior year I was named to ESPN’s Academic All-American. So, I was the first African American football player to be named Academic All-American in the history of the University of Texas. That is something I have a lot of pride in and it took me a long way, and something I am very excited about that it will always be there.

Chris O. was crucial to that 2008 season, and I’m so glad he’s been successful. Hook ’em! and thanks for the interview Max.