Efe Obada goes from streets of London to Panthers 53-man roster

Cutdown day is a bruising one for the dreams of more than a thousand players who find out that their hopes of making a team have been dashed.
There are a lot of happy moments as well, including the news that defensive end Efe Obada survived Saturday’s cuts to make the Panthers 53-man roster.
Obada was born in Nigeria, moved to the Netherlands and then, along with his sister, trafficked to England at the age of 10.
Once in London, the two kids were abandoned on the streets and, as he told NFL UK a couple of years ago, eventually finding his way to football at 22 after experimenting with life in a gang.
“It hasn’t set in.
I don’t even know.
I’m grateful,” Obada said, via the team’s website.
“You know when you really want something and you get it and you’re like, ‘Oh my goodness.
I’m going to enjoy this.
That wouldn’t make for as happy a story, but it’s still notable to see how far Obada has come four years after playing football for the first time.