Efe Obada was born in Nigeria then moved to England from the Netherlands at age 10. Obada appeared in five games at both tight end and defensive end for the London Warriors of the British American Football League in 2014. Obada was then signed as a free agent by Dallas (4/1/15), signed as a free agent by Kansas City (3/9/16), signed as a free agent by Atlanta (7/28/16) then joined the Carolina practice squad as a part of the International Player Pathway Program by NFL in May 2017 and spent the entire season on practice squad. Obada saw his first game action against Cincinnati during week 3 of the 2018 season. In this game he tallied an interception, sack and quarterback pressure. He went on to be named NFC Defensive Player of the Week."