{"id":7433,"date":"2024-11-28T17:17:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T17:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/nfl-thanksgiving-jermaine-eluemunor-on-his-journey-from-london-to-the-new-york-giants\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T17:17:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T17:17:12","slug":"nfl-thanksgiving-jermaine-eluemunor-on-his-journey-from-london-to-the-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/nfl-thanksgiving-jermaine-eluemunor-on-his-journey-from-london-to-the-new-york-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Thanksgiving: Jermaine Eluemunor on his journey from London to the New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"


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With his latest move, Eluemunor followed in the footsteps of Osi Umenyiora,<\/a> who also has Nigerian heritage, was born in London and moved to the United States aged 14.<\/p>\n

He played in that first London game in 2007 before helping the Giants win the Super Bowl that season, and again four years later.<\/p>\n

Umenyiora wore number 72 and Eluemunor sought his blessing to wear the same number for the Giants.<\/p>\n

It is highly unlikely Eluemunor will emulate Umenyiora by reaching this season’s Super Bowl, though. The Giants go into Thursday’s Thanksgiving game at Dallas with a 2-9 record.<\/p>\n

Despite being nicknamed ‘London’ at college, Eluemunor has now lost his accent but remains a big Arsenal fan and sports a Union Jack tattoo with ‘bred’ beneath it.<\/p>\n

And like Umenyiora, he has returned to the city of his birth to help grow the game in the UK,<\/a> with a third annual football camp planned for the off-season.<\/p>\n

“Growing up in London, I wasn’t the best at school,” said Eluemunor. “But sports was the one thing that kept me in check. I feel like it’s the same for the kids at my camp.<\/p>\n

“Flag football being in the Olympics is really cool for kids around the world, and I honestly think it’s a life-changing game.”<\/p>\n

Eluemunor has also revisited the block of flats where he discovered the sport.<\/p>\n

“It made me grateful for all the struggle I had to go through,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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