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Ndamukong Suh

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Birth Place: Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Birth Date: January 6, 1987

Ethnicity: Cameroonian, Jamaican

Ndamukong Suh is an American professional football player. A defensive tackle, he played for the Detroit Lions, the Miami Dolphins, the Los Angeles Rams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He is 6′4″.

He was born to an African-Jamaican mother, Bernadette (Lennon), and a Cameroonian father, Michael Suh. The name Ndamukong means “house of spears” in the Ngemba language of Cameroon. His cousin, Kameron Chatman, is a professional basketball player.

He is married to Katya Suh, with whom he has two children.

Ndamukong’s paternal great-grandfather was named Ndamukong Suh. Ndamukong was 7′3″.