Robert Nkemdiche born September 19, 1994) is an American football defensive end. He currently attends the University of Mississippi in his sophomore year. Nkemdiche was named High School Junior of the Year by Rivals.com, and was selected to the 2011 USA Today All-American team. He has been regarded as the "Southeast's best [high school football] prospect since the early 1980s" by ESPN.Nkemdiche committed to Ole Miss, making him the highest touted Rebels recruit since Eli Manning in 1999.
A native of Loganville, Georgia, Nkemdiche attended Grayson High School, where he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball and track. He played as a defensive end and running back for the Grayson Rams high school football team. In his junior season, he registered 59 tackles and 18 sacks on defense while also running for 528 yards and scoring 17 touchdowns on offense. In his senior year, he registered 59 tackles, 12 tackles for loss and 7 sacks on defense, whilst on offense he had 235 total rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. He was the Gwinnett Daily Post Defensive Player of the Year. He finished his career at Grayson with 41 career sacks. He was named first-team All-American as a junior by MaxPreps, as well as second-team as a senior.