Prince Amukamara

Aug 25, 2023

Prince Amukamara’s left index finger tapped again and again against the podium as he scanned a long list of people to thank. When he walked through John Mara and Steve Tisch, Tom Coughlin and Jerry Reese, his Giants, Bears and Jaguars teammates and so many behind-the-scenes employees, to get to his parents’ house, the walls crumbled emotionally. facade. “I didn’t want to cry, but I couldn’t even hold out two minutes,” Amukamara said, and the tears flowed. The former cornerback, who won a Super Bowl as a rookie with the Giants in 2011, hasn’t played in the NFL since 2019. But he made his retirement official on Thursday, signing a one-day deal to be able to do it with the Giants. With his family present at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center, Amukamara spoke for nearly 20 minutes, thanking everyone who helped him along his journey. But none more than his father, Romanus, and his mother, Christie. Prince Amukamara helped the Giants win the Super Bowl as a rookie after being drafted by the team in 2011. Getty Images “My mother and father came here as immigrants,” he said. “They worked hard, man. They worked hard to support me and my five sisters. And New York and New Jersey were actually the first states they came to. My father worked hard to bring my mother and older sister from Nigeria here. And they really showed me and my sisters what it means to work hard and make sacrifices. Although injury kept Amukamara from contributing early in his rookie season, he played in every playoff game and contributed a key interception in a regular season victory over the Eagles while making his debut in the NFL. He became a major part of the Giants secondary until 2015, after which he signed with the Jaguars. He played his last game in 2019 but has since been involved in training camps and practices with the Saints, Cardinals and Raiders, most recently in 2021. Amukamara said he’s not sure what retirement has in store for him, but the immediate future involves being a father of triplets. “I tried to talk about coaching or front office stuff with my wife and she caught on really quickly,” he said. “Of course, I will be an 80% dad. I will take on this role. New York Post Not all news on the site expresses the point of view of the site, but we transmit this news automatically and translate it through programmatic technology on the site and not from a human editor.