![]() Ogundeji in 2021 | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
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Born: | West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S. | October 9, 1998||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 251 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Walled Lake Central (Commerce Township, Michigan) | ||||||||
College: | Notre Dame (2016–2020) | ||||||||
Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 2021 / Round: 5 / Pick: 182 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Adetokunbo Ogundeji (born October 9, 1998) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at Notre Dame.
Ogundeji grew up in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He did not play football until his freshman year at Walled Lake Central High School. [1] [2] He is of Nigerian descent. [3] He originally committed to play at Western Michigan. [4] As a junior, he had 68 tackles, nine sacks, 17 pass breakups and four fumble recoveries and ultimately de-committed from Western Michigan after being more heavily recruited. [5] Ogundeji ultimately signed to play at Notre Dame. [6] His senior season was cut short due to a knee injury. [7]
Ogundeji spent his freshman season on the scout team and did not appear in any games and played sparingly as a sophomore. [8] He started to receive significant playing time in his junior season and finished the year with 25 total tackles, three tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and two forced fumbles. As a senior, Ogundeji had 34 tackles, seven tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery after playing in all 13 of the Fighting Irish's games. [9] Ogundeji opted to return for a fifth season after his senior year. [10] He had seven sacks in his final season. [11]
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||
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GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sack | PD | Int | Yds | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
2016 | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | DNP | ||||||||||
2017 | Notre Dame | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | Notre Dame | 13 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Notre Dame | 13 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Career | 43 | 13 | 80 | 44 | 36 | 13.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 4+1⁄2 in (1.94 m) | 260 lb (118 kg) | 35+1⁄2 in (0.90 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.78 s | 1.71 s | 2.76 s | 4.65 s | 7.19 s | 32.0 in (0.81 m) | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) | 22 reps | |
All values from Pro Day [12] [13] [14] |
Ogundeji was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the fifth round with the 182nd overall pick of the 2021 NFL draft. [15] He signed his four-year rookie contract with Atlanta on June 15, 2021. [16]
On August 15, 2023, Ogundeji was placed on injured reserve. [17]
Ogundeji was released by the Falcons on May 16, 2024. [18]
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | Sfty | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | TD | ||
2021 | ATL | 16 | 11 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | ATL | 16 | 16 | 42 | 19 | 23 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 32 | 27 | 75 | 37 | 38 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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