Bobby Okereke
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah, it was just the right fit.
They needed linebackers.
They had new coaches who had just came the year before, and it was an opportunity for me to really grow and kind of
expand as a player and a leader.
So when all those things married up, I said, sign me up.
Yeah, it was pretty night and day.
I was living in Zinesville, Indiana, and every day out of my apartment, I was looking at a Windows 8 background.
There's just beautiful fields and not too much going on.
It was extremely peaceful.
Come on, man.
New Jersey's beautiful, but I'm pretty close to the city, so there's a lot more lights and a lot more commotion going on.
But yeah, very fortunate to have started my career in Indianapolis.
kind of just ground myself as a young man, as a player, and really just give me the platform and opportunity to go to the big city, obviously, here in New York and really expand.
Yeah, we're always away at different times.
We actually have our own locker room in there.
They have their own locker room.
But when the Jets would play at home and we're playing away and maybe you're driving back from Friday on from practice on a Friday night and you see the stadium lit up with green neon lights, you're like, dang, I thought that was our stadium.
But other than that, you know, the ownership families do a good job sharing it.
Very, very cool.
Yeah.