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VIDEOS: Watch photo shoots PHOTOS: See all 60 men EMAIL: Send a message QUIZ: Find your match TOUR: Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Written and Reported By: Photography by Marc Baptiste (Puerto Rico and LA shots) Ylonda Gault Caviness Cora Daniels Candice Frederick Katti Gray Nazenet Habtezghi Sandra Jamison Akkida McDowell Cori Murray Regina R. Robertson Lori L. Tharps Wendy Wilson |
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HOME BASE: Brooklyn
PROFESSION: Chicago Bears defensive end
DOING RIGHT: Some may only know this gridiron guy for his fast moves on the field. Few would guess that the down-to-earth Ogunleye is a descendant of African royalty. "My grandfather was king of Emure and so was his father before him," says Ogunleye, the Brooklyn-born son of Nigerian immigrants. "It's part of me, but I don't bring it up to folks. It starts to take on a whole Eddie Murphy/Coming to America cliché." What does interest Ogunleye is giving back, which is why he created Goal Power, an organization that encourages young people to think beyond sports careers on the field. "Why be a player when you can be an owner?" he asks.
WHAT HE LOVES ABOUT BLACK WOMEN: Coming from Africa, I know our greatness. A Black woman is what a strong Black man needs to balance his strength. Shell bring new thoughts to the table and check him when its necessary.
MOST ROMANTIC MOVE: During the course of one relationship, Ogunleye wrote his girlfriend a love poem putting it all out there. It was in response to something nice my girlfriend wrote to me, he says.
