Former NFL linebacker Daniel Adongo was deported from the United States to Kenya on 20 June after an immigration judge ordered his removal, following a string of criminal arrests in Indiana over nearly a decade, US immigration authorities have confirmed.
Adongo had first come to prominence in the US as an unusual NFL experiment. Recruited out of rugby union, the Kenyan-born athlete joined the Indianapolis Colts in 2013 and spent two seasons with the team before his American football career stalled in 2015. According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Chicago, it was after that brief sporting career ended that his immigration status and then his criminal record began to unravel.
