Ugo Amadi
 Amadi with the Seattle Seahawks in 2020 | |||||||||
| No. 28 – Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||
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| Position: | Free safety | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | May 16, 1997 Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | John Overton (Nashville) | ||||||||
| College: | Oregon | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2019 / Round: 4 / Pick: 132 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2021 | |||||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com | |||||||||
Ugochukwu Amadi (born May 16, 1997) is an American football free safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon and was drafted by the Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. As a senior in 2018, he won the Lombardi Award.[1]
College career[]
Amadi signed with Oregon out of John Overton High School in Nashville, Tennessee as a consensus four-star cornerback over offers from Cincinnati, Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue, Syracuse, Tennessee, and Texas A&M.[2] Amadi played in all 51 games and had 34 starts for the Ducks from 2015-2018 and finished with 165 total tackles, 9.5 tackles for a loss for 54 yards, three sacks for 16 yards, eight interceptions for 122 yards and two touchdowns, 33 passes defended, four forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries on defense. [3]
Professional career[]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 5 ft 9+3⁄8 in (1.76 m) |
199 lb (90 kg) |
31+3⁄4 in (0.81 m) |
9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) |
4.51 s | 4.19 s | 7.21 s | 32.5 in (0.83 m) |
9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) |
18 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine[4] | ||||||||||||
Amadi was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round (132nd overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft.[5]
References[]
- ^ Hill, Glynn A. (January 26, 2019). "Oregon safety Ugochukwu Amadi wins Lombardi Award". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Communications. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ Nemec, Andrew (January 9, 2015). "Ugo Amadi, 4-star cornerback, signs with Oregon Ducks". oregonlive.com. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "Ugo Amadi College Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "Ugochukwu Amadi Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
- ^ Boyle, John (April 27, 2019). "Seahawks Select Oregon Safety Ugo Amadi With Pick No. 132 Overall In 2019 NFL Draft". Seattle Seahawks. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
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