The fourth week of the NFL season saw wide receivers Emeka Egbuka and Rome Odunze continue their red-hot starts to the season with touchdowns, but Nigeria's most memorable moments did not all come from the usual suspects.

Uchenna Nwosu had a huge game not long after his return from injury for the Seattle Seahawks with two sacks. Meanwhile, Basil Chijioke 'CJ' Okoye - who Nwosu mentored at the NFL Africa Touchdown camp in Ghana - made his regular season debut for the Baltimore Ravens .

African Player of the Week: Uchenna Nwosu (Seattle Seahawks)

Nwosu - who was born in Carson, California, but is of Nigerian descent - missed 22 games out of 34 in the 2023 and 2024 seasons combined with injury. Additionally, he missed this season's opener while recovering from knee surgery.

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