Uchenna Nwosu

Uchenna Nwosu
No. 42 – Los Angeles Chargers
Position: Outside linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1996-12-28) December 28, 1996
Carson, California
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 251 lb (114 kg)
Career information
High school: Narbonne
(Harbor City, California)
College: USC
NFL Draft: 2018 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • First Team All-Pac-12 (2017)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Uchenna Nwosu (born December 28, 1996) is an American football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at USC.

College career

Nwosu attended and played college football at USC under head coaches Steve Sarkisian and Clay Helton. After playing in 12 games during his freshman season, Nwosu was not able to participate in the 2014 Holiday Bowl due to unspecified team rules violations. It was later reported that Nwosu did not enroll in the following spring semester.[1] Despite speculation that he may leave the team, Nwosu was able to take summer classes and rejoin the team for the 2015 season.[2] After his senior season at USC, Nwosu was named a co-MVP of USC along with quarterback Sam Darnold.[3] He was also on the watchlist for the Butkus Award.[4] Following his senior season, he participated in the 2018 Senior Bowl.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP
6 ft 2 1⁄8 in
(1.88 m)		 251 lb
(114 kg)		 33 5⁄8 in
(0.85 m)		 9 in
(0.23 m)		 4.65 s 1.63 s 2.71 s 4.27 s 7.05 s 32 in
(0.81 m)		 9 ft 11 in
(3.02 m)		 20 reps
All values from NFL Draft[5][6]

Nwosu was drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers with the 48th pick of the 2nd round in the 2018 NFL Draft.[7] He will be playing in his hometown of Carson at the temporary home of the Chargers at the StubHub Center.[8] In Week 2 of his rookie season, against the Buffalo Bills, he recorded his first career sack in the 31–20 victory.[9]

Personal life

He is of Nigerian descent.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Klein, Gary (January 22, 2015). "USC linebacker Uchenna Nwosu not enrolled for spring semester". LA Times. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ Klein, Gary (June 1, 2015). "USC linebacker Uchenna Nwosu returns to classes and workouts". LA Times. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Kaufman, Joey (December 13, 2017). "Quarterback Sam Darnold, linebacker Uchenna Nwosu named USC's co-MVPs". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ Castillo, Michael (July 17, 2017). "USC Football: Three Trojans make 2017 Butkus Award watch list". Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ "NFL Draft Prospect Profile - Uchenna Nwosu". nfl.com. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Southern California OLB Uchenna Nwosu : 2018 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ "2018 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  8. ↑ Woike, Dan. "Chargers draft Uchenna Nwosu out of USC with 48th pick in draft". Los Angeles Times. LA Times. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Final score, recap: Chargers 31, Bills 20". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  10. ↑ "Nigeria dominates Africa's 2018 NFL draftee list". ESPN. April 23, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
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