Brendon Ayanbadejo

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Brendon Ayanbadejo
Date of birth September 6, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth Flag of United States Chicago, Illinois
Position(s) Linebacker
College UCLA
Pro Bowls 2007
Statistics
Team(s)
2001
2002
2003-2005
2005-present		 Amsterdam Admirals
B.C. Lions
Miami Dolphins
Chicago Bears

Oladele Brendon Ayanbadejo (pronounced day-joe, not day-ho) (born September 6, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football linebacker and special teams standout who currently plays for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. Brendon is half Nigerian.

[edit] High School Football

Ayanbadejo is a local legend at Santa Cruz High School. He wrote for the Santa Cruz Sentinel his first couple years in the NFL.

[edit] Professional career

Ayanbadejo was a first alternate to the 2005 Pro Bowl and selected to the 2007 Pro Bowl.

He was an undrafted free agent out of UCLA, where he was first-team all Pac-10 his senior season with four sacks against arch-rival USC's Carson Palmer. In 2002 he played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. During the 2005 offseason, he was traded from the Miami Dolphins to the Bears.

In 2006, he was nominated to the Pro Bowl as a member of the Special Teams squad

[edit] Personal

He is the younger brother of Arizona Cardinals fullback Obafemi Ayanbadejo.


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