| No. 55 Minnesota Vikings | |
| Linebacker | |
| Personal information | |
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| Date of birth: October 8, 1982 | |
| Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois | |
| Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Weight: 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: Nebraska-Omaha | |
| Undrafted in 2007 | |
| Debuted in 2007 for the Edmonton Eskimos | |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 14, 2011 | |
| Tackles | 43 |
| Sacks | 0 |
| INTs | 0 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at CFL.ca | |
Olayiwola Kendae "Kenny" Onatolu (born October 8, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Nebraska-Omaha.
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Onatolu earned a bachelor’s degree in communications at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and aspires to have a career in broadcasting. He has an identical twin brother named Taiwo, who was his teammate at Nebraska-Omaha and now is a graduate assistant on the Mavericks’ staff. Onatolu was born in Chicago, but spent 3 years as a child in his parents home country of Nigeria. His father is a business professor.
Kenny earned Division II All-America honors as a junior and senior by Collegesportsreport.com, and recorded 324 career total tackles in his collegiate career, 5th in school history. He was named All-North Central Conference after each of his 4 seasons (2nd team his sophomore year), and captured team’s Outstanding LB award in 2005 and Defensive MVP award in 2006. Kenny was also a member of the Super 6 comedy team.
After going undrafted in 2007, Onatolu attended an Edmonton Eskimos minicamp after his twin brother Taiwo had a similar experience.[1] He was invited to training camp and eventually made the team.
During his rookie season in the CFL, Onatolu recorded eight tackles and a sack. The following season in 2008, he recorded 59 tackles, three sacks and two fumble recoveries.
Onatolu was signed to a future contract by the Minnesota Vikings on December 31, 2008. He made the team as a backup linebacker and was one of the leaders on special teams for the Vikings.