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71 - Iffi Obukwelu
| Height: | 6-3 |
| Weight: | 225 |
| Year: | Junior |
| Hometown: | Brockton, Mass. |
| High School: | Boston College High School |
| Position: | DE |
| House Affiliation: | Quincy |
At Harvard
2008: Did not appear in a game ... Minor H
recipient.
2007: Did not appear in a game ... Minor H recipient.
Background
At Boston College HS: Two-year letterwinner in
both football and track and field ... Competed as a triple jumper,
sprinter and thrower in track and played defensive end in football
... Placed fifth for discus in Massachusetts state tournament ...
Scholar-Athlete and Coaches award in football ... National Honor
Society ... High Honors ... Student Council ... President of
Black/Latino Student Union ... Outstanding participant in 2007
National Achievement Scholarship Program.
Personal:
Concentrating in sociology ... Volunteers at Boston Medical Center
... Enjoys reading, music and comedies ... Volunteered time for a
WGBH TV show shot at Harvard Stadium, illustrating fun with
mathematics and learning to a local elementary school ... Brother,
Nnamdi, is a freshman on the football team ... Has the same first
legal name, Ifeanyichukwu, as teammate Victor Ojukwu.









