About James Ihedigbo
James Ugochu Ihedigbo ( ee-HED-ee-boh; born December 3, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football for the UMass Minutemen. == Early life == Ihedigbo played at Amherst Regional High School where he was a two-time All-Western Massachusetts and All-League selection. == College career == James Ihedigbo played football at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 2002–2006. After arriving in 2002, Ihedigbo redshirted his first year. In the following season, he started 10 of 12 games for UMass, picking off 4 passes, making a total of 74 tackles with 2 forced fumbles and was named the team's most improved defensive player. In 2004, James had 52 tackles but no interceptions. In his third year at Massachusetts, Ihedigbo switched to strong safety from free safety and ranked sixth on the team in total tackles with 45. In his redshirt junior year, he was named to the Atlantic 10 conference third-team and started at strong safety for a team which allowed the fewest points in all of Division I-AA football.
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