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  • DL
    Position
  • Sixth Year
    Class
  • Houston, Texas
    Hometown
  • 6'5
    Height
  • 302
    Weight
  • Langham Creek HS
    High School
Chidi Ogbonnaya 2021
#98
Chidi Ogbonnaya
DL
Position
Sixth Year
Class
Houston, Texas
Hometown

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Summary

Biography

CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (6x)
• 2022 First-Team Academic All-Big 12

2022 (Sixth-Year Senior)
Named First-Team Academic All-Big 12 … Finished his career playing in 59 games, the second-most in program history … Played in all 13 games off the bench as a reserve defensive lineman … Made three tackles and blocked a kick … Had a tackle vs. UAlbany and at No. 21 BYU … Blocked a kick vs. Texas State … Had a stop at Oklahoma. 

2021 (Redshirt Senior)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Appeared in all 14 games with two starts … Played but did not record a stat in the season-opener against Texas State (9/4) … Had one assisted tackle (0.5 for loss) against Texas Southern (9/11) … Played but did not record a stat at Kansas (9/18) or against Iowa State (9/25) … Made an assisted tackle at Oklahoma State (10/2) … Registered a quarterback hurry against West Virginia (10/9) … Played but did not record a stat vs. and BYU (10/16) … Tallied a solo tackle against Texas (10/30) … Played but did not record a stat at TCU (11/6) or vs. Oklahoma (11/13) … Recorded a solo tackle at Kansas State (11/20) … Played but did not record a stat at Texas Tech (11/27) … Tied a career-best with two total tackles including a half-sack in the Big 12 Championship game against Oklahoma State (12/4) … Made an assisted tackle in the Sugar Bowl against Ole Miss (1/1).

2020 (Redshirt Junior)
 
Played in eight out of nine games on the season ... Did not record a tackle in 2020 ... Had one quarterback hurry versus TCU (10/31).

2019 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Has appeared in all 14 games on the season with one start, finished with 11 tackles (9 solo), 3.0 TFL, 1.0 sack, one forced fumble and one pass breakup ... Collected 1.0 TFL vs. Georgia in the Sugar Bowl (1/1) ... Tied his season and career high with 2 tackles vs. OU in the Big 12 title game (12/7) ... Finished with 1 tackle at Kansas (11/30) ... Had 1 tackle and 1 pass breakup vs. Texas (11/23) ... Made an appearance vs. OU (11/16) but did not record a stat ... Made his first career start at NT at TCU (11/9), collecting 1 tackle ... Finished with 1 tackle vs. WVU (10/31) ... Had his first career forced fumble and 1 sack along with 2 tackles at OSU (10/19) ... Collected 1 tackle vs. ISU (9/28) .. Tallied 1 tackle at Rice (9/1) ... Recorded his first career tackle for loss vs. UTSA (9/7) ... Made his season debut in the opener vs. SFA (8/31), but did not record a stat.

2018 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in 10 games on the season as a backup defensive tackle ... Collected five tackles (three solo) on the year ... Had a career-high 2 tackles at No. 12 West Virginia ... Made his collegiate debut vs. ACU (9/1), also collected his first tackle.

2017 (Freshman)
Redshirted true freshman season. 

High School
All-District defensive lineman from Langham Creek High School in Houston, Texas ... Played under head coach Todd Thompson at LCHS ... Rated nation's 78th-best SDE prospect in 2017 recruiting class by 247Sports, 87th among DTs by ESPN and 150th among DEs by Scout ... Ranked No. 170 among Texas recruits by ESPN and No. 194 by 247Sports ... Listed No. 47 among recruits in Houston on VYPE Top 100 ... Named 2016 first-team All-District 17-6A following senior season, helped Langham Creek to area finals ... Totaled 26 tackles (21 solo), eight TFL, two sacks (-4 yards), six QB hurries and one fumble recovery as senior.

Personal
Son of Chidi and Chinyere Ogbonnaya ... communications major.