BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-NIGERIAN BORN FORMER AMERICAN FOOTBALL KICKER DONALD AMECHI IGWEBUIKE OF TH NFL : GOES INT THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

Donald Amechi Igwebuike  born December 27, 1960  is a Nigerian-born former American football kicker who played professionally for the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1985 to 1989. He is the fourth place all-time scorer for the Buccaneers with 416 overall points. Often kicking barefoot, Igwebuike also played for the 1990 Minnesota Vikings and in the Canadian Football League with the Baltimore Stallions in 1994 and the Memphis Mad Dogs in 1995. He attended Clemson University and was the kicker for the Tigers' 1981 national championship team.

Donald Igwebuike to kick start Kicking camps in the USA

Donald Igwebuike will start clinics spring 2011.
Donald was one of the Last African
Place kickers (Nigeria) in the NFL.
Donald has a deep rooted Soccer background
and once played for the Nigerian national Soccer team. 

NFL Career:                       

Kicker - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1985-89

First Kicker ever drafted in Tampa Bay Buccaneer history               

Rookie of the year 1985

Donald Igwebuike was the first Buccaneer to score 400 points. As a rookie, he immediately broke the team’s single-season scoring record, posting 96 points on 22-32 field goal kicking and 30-32 PAT work. Many of his attempts as a rookie came from long range – led NFL with an average attempt length of 39.9 yards. Donald was even called on to try two 62-yard attempts as a rookie. That would be a running theme in Igwebuike’s Buccaneer career, as 60 of his 127 attempts would come from 40 yards or further. He was nearly automatic from closer in, making 63 of 67 tries from 39 yards or closer for a career percentage of 94.9%. Among his longer shots was a 55-yarder at Minnesota on November 30, 1986 that was a team record at the time and is still tied for the second-longest in franchise history. After a 1988 season in which he connected on 19 of 25 field goals and, for the first time, 100% of his extra point tries (21-21), Donald had his finest NFL season in 1989. Breaking his own single-season scoring record, he recorded 99 points by nailing 22 of 28 field goals. He is the third-leading scorer in Tampa Bay Buccaneers team history. Donald also hit five game-winning field goals either in the last 20 seconds of the game or in overtime, including three in 1988 alone.

He never missed a field goal inside the 35 yards during his six years career in NFL

College Career

Clemson University 1981-1984

All-American 1984

All ACC 1984

Iggy was the only Clemson Tiger to kick at least one 50-yard field goal in four straight seasons. He also had five career field goals of 50 or more yards to set a Clemson record. In his last three seasons he was 107-180 on non-returnable kickoffs. Third-team AP All-American who booted the longest field goal in the ACC in each of his last three seasons. He led the nation and the ACC in field goal percentage with a .941 senior season mark. Iggy came to Clemson to play soccer, a starter in two NCAA tournaments, 1980 and 1981. A perfect 43-43 on PATs in his career and made 32-43 field goals.