In the Cowboys game, Bademosi was lined up against Bryant and Miles Austin late in the game because of injuries.
He played very well.
Here's an article I remember on Bademosi ....
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2012/11/cleveland_browns_rookie_johnso.htmlCleveland Browns rookie Johnson Bademosi knows how to take advantage of his opportunities
BEREA, Ohio -- The son of Nigerian immigrants, Johnson Bademosi didn't need a history degree from Stanford to realize America is a land of opportunity.
That educational process began on rugby fields in Silver Spring, Md., extended into the classrooms of the oldest all-boys prep school in Washington, D.C., and continues today in NFL stadiums where this undrafted rookie cherishes every chance afforded him.
The most recent came last Sunday, with the game on the line in Dallas and the Browns spread thin at cornerback because of injury. The coaching staff inserted Bademosi as the Cowboys were driving for a potential game-winning touchdown in the final minute of regulation. While he excels on special teams, Bademosi hadn't played a down on defense in the regular season.
He spent the next three Dallas possessions -- including two in overtime -- pitted against receivers Dez Bryant and Miles Austin. Quarterback Tony Romo targeted Bademosi's man five straight times looking for signs of inexperience or panic. Three short passes were completed. Three tackles were made by Bademosi. On the fifth attempt, the 22-year-old anticipated the play and broke up a pass intended for Bryant to get the defense off the field on third down.
A few days after the Browns' 23-20 defeat, Bademosi was asked what has driven a defensive back not even invited to the NFL Combine to become the leading tackler on specials teams and an intriguing option for additional snaps at corner.
"I've been blessed with opportunities in my life, opportunities some kids in my neighborhood never had," he said. "It would be wrong of me not to take advantage of them. A lot of people helped me get this far."
Teammates voted Bademosi their fourth captain for Sunday's home game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's a reward not only for a commendable effort under difficult circumstances in Dallas, but for the tenacity he demonstrates as one of the Browns' two gunners on the coverage units.
It's premature to speculate whether the chiseled 6-0, 200-pounder finds more playing time in the secondary once Joe Haden, Buster Skrine and Dimitri Patterson get healthy. Defensive coordinator Dick Jauron said he believes Bademosi has a future at his position if he hones his technique.
There is no mistaking Bademosi's desire, however, and his teammates' appreciation of it.
"He is by far the hardest-working rookie I have ever been around," Browns cornerback Sheldon Brown said. "He is always taking notes, never falling asleep in meetings, always in the weight room even when he doesn't have to be in there. That speaks volumes to how he must have been raised."
Expanding horizons
In a sport percolating with testosterone and tough talk, Bademosi draws inspiration from a woman who motivated through her actions.
His mother, Margaret, raised Johnson and his sister, Leslie, in Silver Spring with no extended family for support and little money. She kept the unit together working as an in-home nurse, taking jobs at all hours. The son saw firsthand the hardship of an immigrant's life and did his best to honor that pain.
"She has been through some great challenges," Bademosi said of a mother who continues to work. "She did things that were very hard for her, and it showed tremendous resilience and determination to go through what she went through and still raise us.
"She taught me how to carry myself, how to put in the work when you're not feeling your best. She never had to say a word."
His journey to manhood and the NFL has included surrogates who have showered him with attention and offered guidance. Dan Soso taught him how to play rugby as a child during a summertime program. Bademosi's quickness, strength and ability to process the game caught the eye of Lee Kelly, a rugby coach at powerhouse Gonzaga College High School in Washington.
Kelly had children of his own, and soon Bademosi was like an extension of his family going to rugby, football and wrestling practices in the back of the coach's Chrysler Sebring. Kelly encouraged the youngster to play multiple sports.
Bademosi could not afford to attend Gonzaga with its $18,000 tuition on his mother's salary, but he qualified for financial assistance. Each year, the school receives about 1,000 applicants, Kelly said, for 250 spots in the incoming freshman class.
There was nothing easy about Bademosi's transition. He woke up each weekday at 6:30 a.m., and took a bus to the Silver Spring Metro stop, where he grabbed the subway into the city before walking to the 191-year-old school located just blocks from the U.S. Capitol. His morning commute totaled 50 minutes.
"I was exposed to a lot of different people and a lot of different things that expanded my horizons," Bademosi said. "There were parts of D.C. that I had never seen. My world was just very small before then and it rapidly expanded."
Attorney John Gary McDavid served as his mentor, and school librarian Patty Tobin oriented him with the traditions and expectations at Gonzaga, a Jesuit school which counts U.S. politicians, Pulitizer Prize winners and astronauts among its alumni. Bademosi enrolled in a cooking class. He joined the debate club. He performed community service. He took hold of opportunities like a hungry kid filling his tray in the lunch line.
Bademosi was a natural on the athletic fields. He was so accomplished as a rugby winger that he competed for the U.S. junior national teams. A teenager who once didn't know his way around his hometown was traveling to Europe to play international tournaments.
Kelly believes, if football had not worked out, Bademosi would have been a candidate for the 2016 Summer Olympics in which rugby will debut.
"Rugby tackling is very different [from football] because you don't have time," he said. "In football you do. The game can change in a lot of different ways. Rugby is a very physical game. Football is a physical game, as well."
'Something to prove'
On Monday, reporters asked Bademosi about his time at Stanford, where he played cornerback and contributed on special teams. (Harvard, Penn and Maryland also recruited him heavily.) He was quizzed about his major and what he liked about history.
Someone asked what he wanted to do with his degree. Bademosi smiled broadly.
"Play football," he said.
Bademosi started 23 games over three seasons on a Cardinal team that went 31-8 in that span. He did not receive an invite to the NFL Combine, a slight he admits motivates him, but Bademosi caught the eye of scouts at the Stanford pro day by running the 40 in 4.35 seconds and registering a 40-inch vertical leap.
The Browns, looking for another gunner, signed him as an undrafted free agent. He knew any chance of making the team hinged on his special teams performance in training camp and the exhibition season.
"That was clear to me," Bademosi said. "I tried to become coach [Chris] Tabor's best friend."
Brown believes his teammate can be a good cornerback and has encouraged him to watch tapes of Chicago's Charles Tillman, who has forced seven fumbles this season. The veteran sees Tillman's mentality and physical nature in Bademosi.
"I always feel like I have something to prove, and if you don't have something to prove maybe your time is up," Bademosi said. "I am passionate about the game. I want to beat the man in front of me, and I want to win the battle."
Will he develop into something more than a reliable special teams player? Perhaps the remaining six games will represent a land of opportunity for a first generation Nigerian-American.
Bad non move, guess he was too old, as he just turned 30 a couple weeks ago...thank god that Usama is 2 years younger, maybe he'll be as good as Huff is now in 2years 
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Pope Dezz!
but the other 3 all later rounders or UDFA (in Bad's case) they got game n are PROGRESSING.
