2019 Football
Roster
Chukwudi Chukwu
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Willingboro, N.J.
- High School:
- Linsly (W.V.)
- Position:
- DE
Career: Has played in 23 games ... Has compiled 23 career total tackles (15 solo, eight assisted) with five career tackles for loss and two career sacks ... Has forced three career fumbles with one career fumble recovery ... Has accounted for one pass defensed and one pass breakup.
Single-Game Bests
Total Tackles: 3 (three times, last: at Cincinnati; Sept. 22, 2018)
Solo Tackles: 2 (three times, last: at Cincinnati; Sept. 22, 2018)
Assisted Tackles: 2 (twice, last: Howard; Sept. 1, 2018)
Tackles For Loss: 1 (five times, last: at Cincinnati; Sept. 22, 2018)
Sacks: 1 (twice, last: vs. Virginia; Sept. 15, 2018)
Fumbles Forced: 1 (three times, last: vs. Virginia; Sept. 15, 2018)
Fumbles Recovered: 1 (Hampton; Sept. 2, 2017)
Passes Defensed: 1 (Howard; Sept. 1, 2018)
Pass Breakups: 1 (Howard; Sept. 1, 2018)
2018: Played in six games with one start before suffering an injury ... Finished with nine total tackles, recording six solo stops to tie his career high and matching his career with three assisted tackles ... Logged a career-high three tackles for loss and tied his career high with one sack ... Forced one fumble to match his career high ... Tallied one pass defensed and one pass breakup ... Started the season-opening 38-32 win over Howard (Sept. 1), matching his career high with three total tackles (one solo, two assisted; one tackle for loss) to go along with a pass breakup ... Recorded a sack and forced a fumble against Virginia (Sept. 15) ... Tied his career high with three total tackles (two solo, one assisted; one tackle for loss) at Cincinnati (Sept. 22).
2017: Played in nine games ... Made nine tackles, including six solo stops ... Also had one tackle for loss.
2016: Saw action in seven games on the season … Recorded five tackles on the season (three solo, two assisted) as well as one tackle for loss … Had one sack and recorded one forced fumble on the season.
2015: Redshirted.
Prior to Ohio: Four-year letterwinner at The Linsly School ... Made 177 career tackles including 41 tackles for loss and four fumble recoveries ... Served as team captain in 2014 as a senior and was named the top senior lineman ... He was first team All-OVAC and All-Valley and played in the 2015 OVAC All-Star Game.
Personal: Majoring in specialized studies.
