Unlike a lot of football players, Babatunde Oshinowo has a lucrative career to fall back on. The mammoth lineman from Stanford managed to get himself a degree in Electrical Engineering. That education may come in handy, as Oshinowo has been released by the Bears.
Then again, your humble OBR webmaster has a couple of electrical engineering degrees (BS '84, MS '86) and I spend my days formatting stuff like this into HTML. Bracket - slash P - Bracket.
Come to think of it, Baba, you better get back into the gym. Certain doom may await.
BearReport.com points to the selection of Marcus Harrison in the draft as the key reason for Oshinowo's release.
Here's the press release we got from the Bears earlier today:
LAKE FOREST, IL - The Chicago Bears released defensive tackle Babatunde Oshinowo and guard Mike Jones today.
Oshinowo was elevated to the Bears active roster for the final three weeks of the 2007 regular season, appearing in one game, after being signed to Chicago's practice squad in Week 2. Oshinowo entered the NFL as a sixth round selection (181st overall) of the Browns in the 2006 NFL Draft. The Stanford product has appeared in two games in his NFL career, recording two tackles.
Jones spent the final seven weeks of the 2007 season on the Bears practice squad after entering the NFL out of the University of Iowa as an undrafted free agent with the San Diego Chargers.