Pronunciation: OH-loo-WOE-lay  buh-TEE-koo

Career Highs

Tackles: 6, twice (last vs Eastern Michigan, 9/14/19)
Solos: 4 vs. Akron, 8/31/19
TFLs: 3.5 at UConn, 9/7/19
Sacks: 3.5 at UConn, 9/7/19
QB Hurries: 2 vs. Akron, 8/31/19
Fumbles Recovered: 1, twice (last vs Nebraska, 9/21/19)

2019 Redshirt Junior

• Declared for the 2020 NFL Draft after one season at Illinois. 
• Played in 10 games and started nine at defensive end
• Missed three games with an injury
• All-Big Ten third team (media)
• 36 tackles, 13.0 TFLs, 9.0 sacks, seven quarterback hurries on the season
• 11th in the nation and second in the Big Ten in sacks per game (0.90) 
• 22nd in the nation and fifth in the Big Ten in TFLs per game (1.3)
• Tied for seventh in Illinois single-season history with 9.0 sacks
• Sack vs. No. 6 Wisconsin 10/19/19 to help Illinois win 24-23 and complete one of the biggest upsets in Big Ten History
• Career-high 3.5 sacks at UConn 9/7/19, tied for the fifth-most sacks in a single game in Illinois history
• Made Illinois debut in the season opener against Akron
• Immediately eligible in 2019 as a graduate transfer with two years of eligibility remaining
• Earned bachelor’s degree in international relations from USC in May 2019
• Grad transfer is pursuing a master’s degree in recreation, sport & tourism at Illinois

2018 Junior (USC)

• Did not play in a game after offseason hip surgery

2017 Sophomore (USC)

• Backup outside linebacker as a sophomore in 2017
• Played in 9 games (all but Stanford, Utah, Arizona, Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game and Ohio State)
• Two tackles, including 0.5 for a loss
• Tackles against Texas and California

2016 Freshman (USC)

• Enrolled at USC in the spring of 2016 after graduating a semester early from high school
• Reserve defensive end as a first-year freshman in 2016
• Played in 5 games (Colorado, Arizona, California, Oregon, Notre Dame)
• USC’s 2016 Defensive Service Team Player of the Year Award

High School

• Five-star recruit by 247Sports Composite
• No. 15 overall recruit in the nation, No. 1 weakside DE in the nation, and No. 2 recruit in California by 247Sports Composite
• 2015 Prep Star Dream Team and Max Preps All-American
• 2015 Maxwell Club National Player of the Year finalist
• 2015 Orange County Register Fab 15 first team
• 2015 Tacoma News Tribune Western 100
• 2015 USA Today All-California Defensive Player of the Year
• 2015 Cal-Hi Sports State Defensive Player of the Year
• 2015 Cal-Hi Sports All-State first team, All-CIF Pac 5 Division
• 2015 Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket All-CIF Def. Player of Year
• 2015 Los Angeles Times All-Area first team
• 2015 South Bay Daily Breeze Defensive Player of the Year
• 2015 All-Mission League Lineman of the Year
• 70 tackles, 28 TFLs, 17 sacks, two forced fumbles as a senior
• 2014 Cal-Hi Sports All-State Junior first team
• 2014 All-CIF Pac 5 Division
• 2014 South Bay Daily Breeze All-South Bay first team
• 2014 All-Mission League Co-Lineman of the Year
• 59 tackles, 24 TFLs, 11.5 sacks, two PBUs, one forced fumble
• Attended Bishop McNamara High in Forestville (Md.) as a sophomore in 2013, but did not play football

Personal

• Born June 22, 1997
• Born in Lagos, Nigeria
• Moved to the United States as a sophomore in high school
• Played soccer and boxed in Nigeria
• Plays piano and guitar
• Avid painter
• Majored in international relations at USC