A Nigerian player for the Chargers got a sack in the first football game he’s ever played in

CJ Okoye had never played in an organized football game before. He ended up with a sack in a preseason game.

The name CJ Okoye may not be familiar to you, and with good reason.

He’s an athlete from Nigeria who joined the Los Angeles Chargers in the preseason thanks to the NFL’s International Player Pathway program, which has given us alums like Jordan Mailata and Efe Obada.

Okoye had never played in an organized game of football until he appeared in Saturday’s preseason contest against the Los Angeles Rams — he had gone through the NFL Combine and had worked with ex-Giant Osi Umenyiora at the former defensive end’s Uprise camps — but the 6-foot-8 defender got a sack on Stetson Bennett.

And the reaction from the Chargers’ sideline is just the best:

Just an awesome moment all around.