Jesse Ekene Iwuji ( ee-WOO-jee; born August 12, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver and officer in the United States Navy. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, driving the No. 36 for Patriot Motorsports Group, a team which he also owns.Iwuji attended the United States Naval Academy, where he joined the school's college football and track and field teams. On the former, he was a free safety for the Navy Midshipmen.Iwuji attended Hebron High School, where he was a letterman twice in football and three times in track. During his junior year of high school, Iwuji was contacted by the Naval Academy, receiving a scholarship to the school. In addition to continuing his football career at Hebron (where he was named first-team all-district in his senior year), he attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School before heading to the Naval Academy. Although he played linebacker in high school, he was a free safety on the Navy Midshipmen football team. He played on special teams during his freshman year in 2006 before starting two games at safety in 2007, but missed six games due to ankle injury. In 2008, he played in the Army–Navy Game and the EagleBank Bowl. Iwuji was a backup to Kwesi Mitchell in 2009, though he saw action at strong safety in the season opener against the Ohio State Buckeyes due to Emmett Merchant's injury. Iwuji also competed on the track and field team, where he ran the 60-meter, 100-meter and 200-meter dashes in addition to the 4 × 100-meter relay. Wikipedia
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