Osi Umenyiora is a brother to Okwudili Umenyiora, Nicole Chikwe, Ijeoma Umenyiora, Nkem Umenyiora, and Ejimofor Umenyiora.
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Osi Umenyiora is a British-Nigerian former-American football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League and played college football for the Troy Trojans.
On November 5, 2010, Osi Umenyiora was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Month after recording 18 tackles (10 solo), 7.0 sacks, and six forced fumbles in the Giants’ four October wins.
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At Troy University in 2002, Osi Umenyiora set school records in tackles for loss in a single season (20.5) and sacks in a single game (four against Florida A&M). He was inducted into the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.
Osi Umenyiora was selected in the second round (56th pick overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft by the New York Giants out of Troy University.
Osi Umenyiora recorded his first career touchdown on October 21, 2007, against the San Francisco 49ers. Osi Umenyiora also received the 2018 Sports Journalists’ Association British Sports Pundit of the Year award.


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