Christopher Andrade-Lopes
- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Christopher Andrade-Lopes a.k.a. (CJ/Ceejota/Castiju) was born & raised in Brockton, MA. He is an undefeated amateur boxer (3-0) & was coached by the legendary Goody Petronelli. He attended Brockton High School ultimately graduating in 2009 from the Tilton Preparatory School in Tilton, New Hampshire. In high school, he was ranked as the best free safety in the New England & Northeast regions. He was elected to play for Joe Theismann against Phil Simms in the 1st annual New Jersey vs. Northeast All-Stars game at Rutgers on the NFL Network in 2009. He led the Northeast All-Stars team with 11 tackles & a pass breakup. He is also the first Brockton, MA resident & Tilton School Alumni to earn a full Division-1 Athletic Scholarship before his senior season; verbally committing his junior year in high school. In 2009, he began his college football career enrolling at the University of Connecticut (UConn). Before suffering a career-ending concussion in 2011, he led UConn in special teams tackles in 2011 as a redshirt sophomore. He was also named to the 2011 All Big East Academic Team. He graduated from UConn in 2013 with a degree in Communications & Media Studies. He has four American-football championship rings in total from: Brockton, Tilton, Northeast All-Star Game, and UConn. In 2013, he relocated to the Atlanta area and began a corporate career in sales & marketing where he excelled in business services for Cox Communications & Comcast for over five years. As of today, he is the founder & chief executive officer of Champions Training & Legendary Empire Entertainment. In addition to maintaining his fitness, film, and fashion companies he is also a film/television actor & fashion/lifestyle model. Notably, he is a distant cousin of the super-legendary American-basketball player Michael Jeffrey Jordan (MJ). Remarkably, he is adopted to the Royal-Nigerian Igbinedion family, his grandfather Chief Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion is the Esama of the Universe.