When the University of Michigan shut down all on-campus activities, including sports, in mid-March because of the COVID-10 pandemic, Michigan defensive lineman David Ojabo packed his bags and headed home to his family in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Ojabo, who is Nigerian-born and moved with his family to the northeast coastal city in Scotland in 2007, carries a passport from the United Kingdom. Because of the United States’ international travel ban, he’s been unable to return to Ann Arbor to join his teammates, who have been on campus going through voluntary workouts the last several weeks.
He shared a message of frustration Tuesday night on Twitter: “Sucks being locked out the country and away from my teammates – seems like a never ending dream at this point!