Tamba Boimah Hali is an American football outside linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League . He played college football for Pennsylvania State University, and earned All-American honors. He was the 20th overall pick of the 2006 NFL Draft. There was not much pre-draft hype for Hali heading into the 2006 NFL Draft until The Sporting News made his amazing story of escape from war-torn Liberia at age 10 their April 21, 2006 cover story. NFL scouts began to take notice, reporting that Hali presented himself in an excellent manner not only in his workout but also in... his interview at the NFL Combine. On draft day, the Kansas City Chiefs chose him with the 20th overall pick. Hali finally became a U.S. citizen on July 31, 2006, after residing in the United States for more than a decade. Hali fled civil war-torn Liberia at age ten, joining his father Henry, a Fairleigh Dickinson University chemistry professor and Teaneck High School chemistry teacher, in the United States.
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| Birthdate: | November 3, 1983 |
| Birthplace: | Monrovia |
| Age: | 28 |
| Height: | 6' 3" |
| Weight: | 275 lbs. |
| All Positions Played: | Defensive end, Linebacker |
| Education: | Pennsylvania State University, Teaneck High School |
| Also known as: | Tamba Boimah Hali, "The TambaHawk" |