Samkon Gado
Samkon Kaltho Gado (born November 13, 1982) is a Nigerian-American otolaryngologist. He is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins and St. Louis Rams. He played college football at Liberty. He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2005. Early years Born in Kufai, Gombe State, Nigeria, his first name (Samkon) means "truth" in the Tangale language, and his last name means "inheritance". His family moved from Kufai to Wheaton, Illinois when Gado was half a year old; his father attended Wheaton College during that time. They returned to Nigeria when Samkon was two years old. After moving back to Nigeria, his father migrated again in 1990 to earn a doctorate degree in divinity at Columbia International University. A church in South Carolina made a financial contribution a year later so that Gado and his mother could also travel to America. He attended Ben Lippen School in Columbia, South Carolina, and lettered in football, basketball and baseball, earning all-state honors in football. College career Gado accepted a football scholarship from Liberty University, a then-Division I-AA school in Lynchburg, Virginia. He