America’s favorite pastime, the National Football League (NFL) is now in its one hundred and third season. One thing that is beginning to attract the attention of football fans and pundits alike is the overwhelming influence of players of Nigerian descent in the NFL. As the 103rd season nears that fever-pitch playoff time, when teams are fighting for playoff berth and when men become separated from the boys, we wanted to dedicate our December edition to these Nigerian difference makers in the NFL. While we focus on the current players on the NFL, we would be remiss if we didn’t mention the man who paved the way for Nigerians in the NFL. Christian Okoye, (the Nigerian Nightmare) was the first Nigerian to play in the NFL. Okoye arrived in the United States at the age of 21, and since “American” football was not a pastime in Nigeria, he had never played the game and did not even get to play …