Back to the Cleveland Browns Newsfeed

First NFL game for Browns rookie -- and he played in it

Related Topics: Cleveland Browns, Larry Ogunjobi

CLEVELAND -- Larry Ogunjobi had a pair of firsts Thursday night.

The first NFL game the Cleveland Browns rookie defensive tackle ever attended, he played in the game.

Obunjobi is the son of Nigerian immigrants who moved to the United States in 1993, a year before Larry was born. He did not start playing football until he was a sophomore in high school. His parents, alarmed that his weight had gotten to 350 pounds, urged him to get in shape and hired him a trainer.

The pair had worked for a couple of months when the trainer made a move.