 Udeze with the Titans in 2021 | |||||||||
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| Position: | Assistant coach - outside linebackers | ||||||||
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| Born: | March 5, 1983 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 281 lb (127 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Los Angeles (CA) Verbum Dei | ||||||||
| College: | USC | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20 | ||||||||
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Kenechi Nduka Udeze (/kəˈnɛtʃi uːˈdɛzeɪ/; born March 5, 1983) is an American football coach and former player.
Udeze played in the National Football League (NFL) as a defensive end for four seasons during the early 2000s. He played college football for the University of Southern California (USC), and earned consensus All-American honors. Udeze was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 2004 NFL draft. He was forced to retire in 2008 after he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.