Tamba Hali was born in the year 1983 and he is football outside linebacker born in Liberian. He plays under Kansas City Chiefs for National Football League or NFL. He was playing college football in Penn state and he earned all-American honors and he was drafted to join the Chiefs in 2006NFL Draft for the first round. He was given a contract of 21 million with an average yearly salary of 7 million dollars. His current net worth is around 16 million dollars.
From his biography, Tamba Hali was born in the city of Gbarnga in Liberia and he left to live in USA when he was only 10 years old so that he can escape the civil war in Liberia. His father was already there and he was working like chemistry professor of Fairleigh Dickson University and he was also teaching this same subject at the Teaneck High School.
He started working like a NFL-caliber player, thinking that it can help him to make enough money to reunite with the mother called Rachel Keita and help her to come to US since they did not see each other for over 12 years. He attended Teaneck High school in the state of New Jersey and he was playing high school football there.
After being named All-American in high school, he got lettered in the basketball. Rivals.com considered him to be four star recruit and he listed him at No 5 to be the strong side defensive end for the country in the year 2002.
Tamba Hali got an athletic scholarship and he attended the Pennsylvania State University where he was playing under the coach of Penn State Nittany Lions Football called Joe Paterno. After his senior season of 2005, he was recognized without any opposition to be The Big Ten Defensive and All-American. He became instrumental while helping Nittany Lions to finish with 11-1 and they won the Big Ten Championship and of Orange Bowl during that season.
Tamba Hali helped the Big Ten to achieve 11 Sacks and he tied at eighth nationally and won 17 tackles as a loss and then earned many accolades for how he played. He became the finalist for Bronko Nagurski Trophy which is presented to the top defensive player in the country and he also competed for Ted Hendricks Defensive End Award.
When Tamba Hali entered in the NFL Draft of 2006, he was ranked at number 3 for defensive end and he was behind Kamerlon Wimbley and Mario Williams. He spent some time when he was DT in a college. Tamba Hali has a half brother called Tamba and it is because of the tradition of the Kissi culture since a second born of a woman is called Tamba. Tamba Hali is married but there is no record of the name of his wife. He had a girlfriend called Tammary. He had to stop playing for sometime because of thumb injury. His career stats are available online.
| Birth Date: | 3 Nov, 1983 |
| Age: | 36 yrs |
| Occupations: | American football player |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Monrovia |
| Education: | Pennsylvania State University |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American football player, defensive end, linebacker |
