| Obum Gwacham | |
| Number: | 58, 57 |
| Position: | Defensive end |
| Birth Date: | March 20, 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Onitsha, Nigeria |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 5 |
| Weight Lbs: | 244 |
| High School: | Ayala (Chino Hills, California) |
| College: | Oregon State |
| Draftyear: | 2015 |
| Draftround: | 6 |
| Draftpick: | 209 |
| Pastteams: | |
| Statlabel1: | Total tackles |
| Statvalue1: | 10 |
| Statlabel2: | Sacks |
| Statvalue2: | 2.5 |
| Statlabel3: | Forced fumbles |
| Statvalue3: | 2 |
| Statlabel4: | Fumble recoveries |
| Statvalue4: | 1 |
| Pfr: | GwacOb00 |
Obum Gwacham (born March 20, 1991) is a Nigerian former professional football defensive end. He played college football for the Oregon State Beavers. He was a member of the Seattle Seahawks, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets, Arizona Hotshots, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Vipers and BC Lions.
Gwacham converted from wide receiver to defensive end for his senior season at Oregon State.[1]
On Saturday, May 2, 2015, Gwacham was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the 209th pick in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft.[2]
On September 5, 2015, he was waived by the Seahawks.
On September 6, 2015, he was claimed off waivers by the New Orleans Saints.[3] He was placed on injured reserve on September 28, 2016.[4] On September 2, 2017, the Saints released Gwacham.[5]
On September 4, 2017, Gwacham was signed to the practice squad of the Arizona Cardinals.[6]
On October 4, 2017, Gwacham was signed by the New York Jets off the Cardinals' practice squad.[7]
On August 31, 2018, Gwacham was waived by the Jets.[8]
In 2019, Gwacham joined the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football.[9]
On June 13, 2019, Gwacham signed with the Indianapolis Colts.[10] He was released on August 31, 2019.[11]
Gwacham was selected by the Tampa Bay Vipersof the XFL in the 21st Round (round one of phase three) of the 2020 XFL Draft.[12] He was placed on injured reserve before the start of the season on January 21, 2020.[13] [14] He was activated from injured reserve on February 24, 2020.[15] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.[16]
Gwacham signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League on December 9, 2020.[17] He became a free agent after the 2022 season.[18]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | FF | FR | ||||
| NOR | 9 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| NOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NYJ | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career | 15 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GwacOb00.htm | |||||||||||||||||
Gwacham was born in Nigeria but moved to Chino Hills, California with his family when he was seven.[19]