Bhawoh Jue

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Bhawoh Jue
Date of birth	May 24, 1979
Place of birth	Monrovia, Liberia
Position(s)	free safety
College	Penn State
NFL Draft	2001 / Round 3
Statistics	NFL.com DatabaseFootball ESPN
Team(s)
2001-2004 2005-present	Green Bay Packers San Diego Chargers

Bhawoh Papi Jue (born May 24, 1979 in Monrovia, Liberia) is an NFL free safety for the San Diego Chargers. He was a third-round draft pick by the Green Bay Packers in 2001. That year he distinguished himself as the Packer's Defensive Rookie of the Year. and played with them 4 seasons before signing with San Diego as a free agent in 2005. In 2005, Jue led the Chargers in interceptions with 3. Jue's name is easily mispronounced, lending him the nickname of au jus.^[1]

1 College career
2 High school career
3 Personal
4 External links
5 References

[edit] College career

Jue attended Penn State University, from 1996-2000. He finished his career there with 99 tackles, 7 interceptions and 28 passes defensed. As the Nittany Lion's starting left cornerback, he was named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten in 2000 and was selected to play in the 2001 Senior Bowl. During his college career, he also played in the Alamo Bowl and the Outback Bowl. Interestingly, Jue was roommates with three other future NFLers at Penn State: Omar Easy, John Gilmore and Tony Stewart.

[edit] High school career

Jue attended Chantilly High School in Chantilly, Virginia, where he was a two-sport letterman in football and basketball. He also ran track and field. As a senior, he helped lead Chantilly (coincidentally, also nicknamed the Chargers) to the 1996 Virginia State AAA Football title, making 73 tackles and 3 interceptions as a defensive back and rushing for over 1,200 yards and 21 touchdowns as a tailback. That year he was named a USA Today All-America selection, and Associated Press first-team All-State on both offense and defense. He also earned Region Defensive Player of the Year, and Conference Player of the Year.

[edit] Personal

Jue and his family escaped war-ravaged Liberia when he was a year old. He lived in California and Rhode Island before settling in Virginia. Despite growing up in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., he was a die-hard San Francisco 49ers fan as a boy. He has a residence in San Diego, but calls Fairfax, Virginia home during the off-season.

His name Bhawoh (pronounced "bau") means “very powerful man.” He donates much of his time to the Special Olympics and The Second Mile, a charitable program for children founded by Jerry Sandusky, his former defensive coordinator at Penn State.