James Ihedigbo, Former NFL defensive back/Super Bowl Champion

Sports Spectrum Podcast

Sports Spectrum

Sports

5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Episode 116

James Ihedigbo played 10 seasons in the NFL with the Jets, Patriots, Ravens, Lions and Bills. He was undrafted in 2007 after playing his college football at the University of Massachusetts.

As a member of the Patriots in 2011, James played in Super Bowl XLVI against the Giants. The following season, James signed with the Baltimore Ravens and not only played in Super Bowl XLVII but won a championship ring as his team beat the 49ers 34-31.

In March 2018, James officially retire from the NFL after 10 seasons.

His parents are immigrants from Nigeria, who came to the United States in the late 1970's to pursue higher education. James was raised in a Christian home, but learned that he had to make his faith his own. Following the death of his father when he was a teenager, James had a powerful encounter with the Lord.

Today, James is involved in HOPE AFRICA, a foundation that offers assistance to students of African descent in the form of scholarships, mentoring, funding, and developmental projects.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to James about growing up with Nigerian immigrant parents, how he made his faith his own, what it was like to play on the same team as Brett Favre and Tom Brady, how he dealt with temptations that came his way during his NFL career, and why seeing things through the lens of Christ is vital in the cultural landscape that we're living in today.

For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast, where faith and sports
0:14.9	collide.
0:16.1	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:18.3	This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast, episode number 116 with James Iheadabo,
0:24.3	is sponsored in part by Compassion International.
0:27.6	We're so exciting and thankful that Compassion is on board as a sponsor and as a partner
0:32.3	with us here at Sports Spectrum.
0:34.5	Go to compassion.com slash sportspect spectrum and sponsor a child today. You can
0:39.2	provide a child with hope, releasing them from poverty for just $38 a month. Go to
0:45.0	compassion.com slash sports spectrum and sponsor a child today. Today's guest on the podcast is
0:52.7	James Iheada Bo, played 10 years in the NFL with the Jets,
0:57.1	the Patriots, the Ravens, the Lions, and the Buffalo Bills.
1:01.4	In March of 2018, he officially announced his retirement from the game.
1:06.0	He played his college ball at the University of Massachusetts, up here in Amherst, Massachusetts.
1:11.5	He played in two Super Bowls, 2011 with the New England Patriots, Super Bowl 46, and a 2117
1:18.1	loss to the New York Giants.
1:19.9	That was the second of the two Super Bowls that the Patriots and Giants spaced each other in.
1:25.5	And then 2012, as a member of the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl 47,
1:30.7	his team led by Joe Flacco, the Super Bowl MVP, beat the San Francisco 49ers, 34 to 31, and became
1:38.3	Super Bowl champ. So James has a Super Bowl ring. And like I said, he just retired a couple months
1:43.6	before taping this interview. And we have a good conversation ring. And like I said, he just retired a couple months before taping this interview.
1:45.7	And we have a good conversation here. James has got quite the journey. He wasn't one of those
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sports Spectrum, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sports Spectrum and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.