The NFL truly is a global sport ☺️
Paulson Adebo, Emmanuel Ogbah, Ikem Ekwonu, Brian Asamoah and Arnold Ebiketie recently visited Kenya for the NFL Africa Camp 2023.@AdeboPaulson_ | @EmanOgbah | @BigIck79 | @brianasamoah | @A7chronic pic.twitter.com/Vlu32dDOge
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) April 13, 2023
It’s important to remember that the NFL is a global enterprise. Paulson Adebo and his New Orleans Saints teammates made the trip to London last year for a game with the Minnesota Vikings, and there’s a (slim) chance they’ll be flying to Europe again in the fall for a matchup with the New England Patriots in Germany.
But that’s a concern for another day. For Adebo, part of his offseason was spent traveling to Kenya for the NFL Africa Camp 2023 events. He’s one of several NFL players with African ties to volunteer their services, along with Emmanuel Ogbah, Ikem Ekwonu, Brian Asamoah, and Arnold Ebiketie.
Adebo was born in Farmington, Mich. to first-generation immigrants from Benin, a West African nation of about 13 million people. So this was something of a homecoming for him. It’s cool to see Adebo experiencing this and doing his part to help the sport grow overseas and be a good ambassador for New Orleans.
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— NFL Africa (@NFLAfrica) April 13, 2023
