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Federal immigration authorities have confirmed they have deported former Indianapolis Colts linebacker Daniel Adongo. Daniel Adongo is a Kenyan rugby convert whose 2013 deal was one of the most unusual roster experiments in recent NFL history. This work encapsulates a decade in which he spent time in arrests, courts, and psychiatric hospitals.
Adongo, 37, was deported from the United States on June 20 after a Justice Department immigration judge ordered his deportation in March, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Saturday. He was detained for months. ICE said the player overstayed his visa in 2016, a year after his soccer career ended, and was held without bail under the Laken-Riley Act. The police department designated him as a “dangerous person.”
“Those who violate immigration laws, including former professional athletes, are equally responsible,” Douglas Thompson, deputy director of ICE’s Chicago field office, said in a statement.
USA TODAY has asked ICE for comment on where Adongo will be deported.
According to ICE, Adongo has one conviction for criminal mischief, a Class A misdemeanor, in 2020 and was sentenced to 364 days in jail. Charges against others arrested for intimidation, assault and disorderly conduct were dropped.
Judges twice ruled Adongo incompetent to stand trial, according to court records reviewed by the Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY Network. In one filing, Dr. Jason Jalonik said Adongo was acutely psychotic and may have suffered a traumatic brain injury sustained during his active duty.
His mother, Betty Adongo, asked the court to release her son for medical evaluation. His family and social workers said they believed his illness was related to injuries sustained as an athlete. No such association can be confirmed in living patients.
Attempts to contact Betty Adongo on Saturday were not immediately successful.
Adongo was 23 years old and playing Super Rugby in South Africa when he was signed by Colts general manager Ryan Grigson in July 2013. He had never watched a football game. The team spent a season teaching him the sport on the practice field.
He appeared in five games over three seasons and played once on defense. He earned approximately $694,000.
The city of Indianapolis fired him in December 2015, a week after police were called to his home for a domestic disturbance. It was my first phone call in two months. No charges were filed in either case.
