| Intro | Nigerian gridiron football player |
| Is |
Gridiron football player Football player |
| From |
Nigeria |
| Type |
Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 27 December 1960, Enugu |
| Age: | 59 years |
Donald Amechi Igwebuike (born December 27, 1960) is a Nigerian-born former American football kicker who played professionally for the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1985 to 1989. He is the fourth place all-time scorer for the Buccaneers with 416 overall points. Often kicking barefoot, Igwebuike also played for the 1990 Minnesota Vikings and in the Canadian Football League with the Baltimore Stallions in 1994 and the Memphis Mad Dogs in 1995. He attended Clemson University and was the kicker for the Tigers’ 1981 national championship team.
In November 1990, Igwebuike was indicted on charges of assisting a $1 million heroin smuggling plot. He was acquitted in April 1991.