| No. 6 – Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | March 29, 2000 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 226 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | St. Francis De Sales (Columbus, Ohio) | ||||||||
| College: | Oklahoma (2018–2021) | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2022 / round: 3 / pick: 66 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 18, 2024 | |||||||||
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Brian Asamoah II (born March 29, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners.
Asamoah was born to a Ghanaian family and raised in Columbus, Ohio. [1] He attended St. Francis De Sales High School in Columbus. [2] [3] He played linebacker and running back in high school. Asamoah committed to the University of Oklahoma to play college football. [4]
After redshirting his first year at Oklahoma in 2018, Asamoah had 23 tackles and two sacks in 2019. In 2020, he played in eleven games with nine starts and led the team with 66 tackles, two sacks and one interception. [5] As a junior in 2021, Asamoah started 10 of 12 games, recording 90 tackles and two forced fumbles. He decided to sit out the 2021 Alamo Bowl in preparation for the 2022 NFL draft. [6] [7]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft 0+1⁄4 in (1.84 m) | 226 lb (103 kg) | 32+5⁄8 in (0.83 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 4.56 s | 1.55 s | 2.63 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) | 23 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [8] [9] [10] | ||||||||||||
Asamoah was selected by the Minnesota Vikings with 66th overall pick in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft. [11]