Troubled Former Nfl Linebacker Daniel Adongo Deported To Kenya By Ice

The Indianapolis Colts took a flyer connected an awesome jock from Kenya 13 years ago, but a communicative that began pinch an inspirational backdrop has taken an progressively acquainted turn: Daniel Adongo was deported from nan United States past month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed.

According to ICE, Adongo, 37, overstayed his visa aft his little NFL profession ended successful 2015 and he remained successful Indiana. The erstwhile linebacker and African rugby prima was arrested respective times complete nan past 9 years for crimes including felony intimidation, artillery and disorderly conduct. He besides showed signs of intelligence illness, according to tribunal records.

“This vulnerable individual was intelligibly a threat to nan community, which is now safer since he’s been removed,” ICE Chicago Assistant Field Office Director Douglas Thompson said successful a statement. “Those who break migration rule are held arsenic accountable, including erstwhile master athletes.”

Adongo was released by nan Colts aft playing successful 2 games successful 2013 and 3 successful 2015, mostly connected typical teams. The squad trim ties pinch him aft constabulary were called to a location successful Fishers, Ind., to cheque connected a female who lived pinch Adongo.

According to a constabulary report, nan woman’s friend contacted rule enforcement. Adongo was not astatine nan residence astatine nan time, and nan female declined aesculapian assistance. The Hamilton County prosecutor’s agency reviewed nan lawsuit and did not complaint Adongo.

However, nan 6-foot-5, 260-pound Adongo began exhibiting progressively erratic behavior. In 2017, an Indiana judge recovered him mentally incompetent to guidelines proceedings successful a criminal lawsuit successful which he was charged pinch intimidation and criminal mischief and ordered him committed to a authorities psychiatric infirmary for information and observation, according to nan Indianapolis Star.

The only crime Adongo has been convicted of is simply a criminal mischief misdemeanor successful 2020 for which he was sentenced to 364 days successful jail, according to ICE. Other charges for intimidation, artillery and disorderly behaviour were dismissed.

Judges doubly recovered Adongo incompetent to guidelines trial, according to tribunal filings, including 1 lawsuit successful which an master witnesser testified that Adongo was acutely psychotic and perchance suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy — encephalon trauma — from playing shot and rugby.

Members of Adongo’s family described successful tribunal filings a melodramatic characteristic alteration successful him aft his playing profession ended and expressed interest that he struggled to entree intelligence wellness treatment.

ICE held Adongo without enslaved for respective months nether nan Laken Riley Act, a national rule signed Jan. 29, 2025, that requires nan Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain undocumented immigrants without enslaved erstwhile arrested for circumstantial crimes. He was deported 1 period ago.

Adongo was nan first of 2 Kenyans to play successful nan NFL. The 2nd was defender Rees Odhiambo, who played successful 16 games from 2016 to 2018 for nan Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals.