Denzel-Ray N. Nkemdiche (born February 15, 1993) is an American former college football linebacker.
He was projected to move to the secondary in college, but lacked elite speed, which is why he was only rated as a two-star recruit and not ranked among the nation's top prospects.
[2][3] Nkemdiche chose to attend Ole Miss over Georgia,[4] and redshirted his first year in Oxford, Mississippi.
[8] Nkemdiche's mother, a politician, returned to Nigeria in 2009 and currently represents Onitsha South in the Anambra State House of Assembly.
[9] His younger brother, Robert Nkemdiche, played in the National Football League.