Omar Raja

Omar Raja (born 16 April 1994) is a TV, digital, and social content commentator for ESPN and is the founder of the House of Highlights Instagram account which focuses on the publication of viral video clips of professional sports and user-generated content. After being acquired by Bleacher Report in December 2015, House of Highlights has expanded its video content and scope, and has amassed over 39.3 million followers.

Biography Raja was born to Hayder and Ismat Raja, who emigrated from Pakistan to the United States in the late 1980s. His only sibling is his little sister, Sabeen Raja. He grew up in Pembroke Pines, Florida, and graduated from West Broward High School. In an interview with Esquire, Raja said that he was not good at playing sports, but was interested in following sports, and of the sports activities he did do such as basketball, he got to develop his abilities to see opportunities quickly. He attended University of Central Florida where he majored in business. and the Drive By Dunk Challenge, the latter of which people would drive in neighborhoods looking for basketball hoops, rush in with a basketball, and do a dunk.