Levi Onwuzurike

Levi Onwuzurike is an American football defensive tackle who currently plays for the Washington Huskies.

Levi Onwuzurike
Washington Huskies – No. 95
PositionDefensive Tackle
Class
Redshirt
Senior
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolAllen
(Allen, Texas)
Personal information
Born: (1998-03-02) March 2, 1998
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight293 lb (133 kg)
Career highlights and awards

Early life and high school

Onwuzurike grew up in Allen, Texas and attended Allen High School. As a senior, he was named the District 6-6A Defensive MVP and the The Dallas Morning News All-Area Defensive Player of the Year after finishing the year with 53 tackles and 8.5 sacks.[1] Onwuzurike committed to play college football at Washington over offers from Baylor, Arizona State and Michigan.[2]

College career

Onwuzurike redshirted his true freshman season.[3] As a redshirt freshman, he recorded 16 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks.[4] Onwuzurike played in all 14 of the Huskies games with four starts in his redshirt sophomore season and finished the year with 34 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.[5][6] He was named first team All-Pac-12 as a redshirt junior after recording 45 tackles, six tackles for loss, and two sacks with a blocked kick on special teams.[7][8] Following the announcement that Pac-12 would postpone the 2020 season, Onwuzurike announced that he would opt-out of season in order to focus on preparing for the 2021 NFL Draft.[9]

References
  1. "Allen defensive end Levi Onwuzurike orally commits to Washington". The Dallas Morning News. January 20, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  2. "Washington Huskies get commitment from Texas defensive end Levi Onwuzurike". The Seattle Times. January 20, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  3. "Huskies' efforts to recruit Levi Onwuzurike out of Texas are starting to pay off". The Spokesman-Review. October 2, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  4. "UW's Levi Onwuzurike learns from Greg Gaines". The News Tribune. October 28, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  5. "DL Levi Onwuzurike an academic leader for UW". The News Tribune. September 26, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  6. "What a pair of blocked kicks say about athletic UW defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike". The Seattle Times. October 30, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  7. "Washington's Onwuzurike opts out, declares for NFL draft". The Washington Post. Associated Press. September 17, 2020. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  8. "UW Huskies DL Levi Onwuzurike, DB Elijah Molden will return for season season". The Seattle Times. December 26, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  9. Bonagura, Kyle (September 17, 2020). "Washington Huskies' Levi Onwuzurike declares for NFL draft". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
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