Efe Obada has been signed by the Dallas Cowboys, despite playing just five games for the London Warriors. The 22-year-old Londoner, who currently works in a warehouse in Welwyn Garden City, will fly out to Texas next month for rookie mini-camp. Obada only started playing American football half way through last season and was mentored by Warriors defensive co-ordinator Aden Durde. Efe Obada joins the Dallas Cowboys next month after a whirlwind year and just five American football games . The 22-year-old only took up the game last year and finds himself on an NFL roster in a remarkable tale . Spotted by Warriors defensive co-ordinator Aden Durde, Obada has worked for the last six months . The 6ft 5in, 225-pound Obada is seen as a defensive end or a tight end and will fly to Texas next month . Durde, a former NFL linebacker, was a coaching intern with the Cowboys last summer and spent six months honing the 6ft 5in man mountain, who will be used as a defensive end or tight end. 'This is a dream,' Obada told NFLUK.com. 'It’s amazing and life-changing. It’s a major turning point in my life and feels like a movie. 'This could be it – I can change my life. This is unreal – this doesn’t happen to people like me. I’ve never even been outside of London since I arrived in the UK.' Obada joins compatriot Jack Crawford on the Cowboys roster.
Obada has been signed by the Cowboys despite playing just five games with the Britbowl champions .
The 22-year-old Londoner only started playing American football last year .
He has been mentored by Warriors defensive co-ordinator Aden Durde, who spent last summer as a coaching intern with the Cowboys .
Obada will give up his job in a Welwyn Garden City factory and head to rookie mini-camp in Texas in May .