Cyril Obiozor is an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 linebacker

Linebacker

A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...

 who is currently a free agent

Free agent

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. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers

Green Bay Packers

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 as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football

College football

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 at Texas A&M

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.

He has also played for the Arizona Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

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 and San Diego Chargers

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.

Green Bay Packers

Obiozor signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent in May 2009. He remained on the team's practice squad throughout the first 13 weeks of the 2009 regular season. After the team placed Aaron Kampman

Aaron Kampman

Aaron Allan Kampman is an American football defensive end and linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He was drafted by Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Iowa....

 on injured reserve, Obiozor was moved to the active roster for the last five games. He made 2 total tackles in those five games.

Arizona Cardinals

On September 5, 2010, Obiozor was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Cardinals

Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

. He was waived on September 21 but re-signed to the practice squad two days later.

San Diego Chargers

On October 5, Obiozor was signed to the Chargers roster after Jyles Tucker

Jyles Tucker

Jyles Christopher Tucker is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2007...

went on injured reserve.

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• Green Bay Packers bio