No. 33 – Houston Texans | |||||||||||||||||
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Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||||
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Born: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | May 4, 1994||||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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High school: | Marquette (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) | ||||||||||||||||
College: | Wisconsin (2012–2016) | ||||||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||||||||
Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Oluwadare "Dare" Ogunbowale (born May 4, 1994) is an American football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wisconsin. Ogunbowale signed initially with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2017, going on to join the practice squads of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins, then returning to Tampa Bay to play for two seasons.
Ogunbowale walked onto the Wisconsin football team as a cornerback. He eventually switched to running back and racked up over 2,000 total yards and 15 total touchdowns. He was voted team captain his senior year. [1]
Season | GP | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
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Year | Team | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |
2013 | Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | Wisconsin | 11 | 34 | 193 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | Wisconsin | 13 | 194 | 819 | 4.2 | 7 | 36 | 299 | 8.3 | 1 |
2016 | Wisconsin | 14 | 91 | 506 | 5.6 | 5 | 24 | 208 | 8.7 | 1 |
Total | 319 | 1,518 | 4.8 | 13 | 60 | 507 | 8.5 | 2 |
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 | Wonderlic |
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5 ft 10+3⁄4 in (1.80 m) | 213 lb (97 kg) | 31+3⁄8 in (0.80 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.62 s | 1.60 s | 2.60 s | 4.21 s | 6.99 s | 35 in (0.89 m) | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) | 14 reps | 36 [2] |
All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day [3] [4] |
Ogunbowale was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent on May 16, 2017. [5] He was waived on September 2, 2017, and was signed to the Texans' practice squad the next day. [6] [7] He was released on October 6, 2017. [8]
On November 29, 2017, Ogunbowale was signed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' practice squad. [9] He was released on December 6, 2017. [10]
On December 12, 2017, Ogunbowale was signed to the Washington Redskins' practice squad. [11] He was promoted to the active roster on December 22, 2017, before being waived on March 6, 2018. [12] [13]
On August 2, 2018, Ogunbowale signed with the Buccaneers. [14] He was waived on September 1, 2018, and was re-signed to the practice squad. [15] [16] On October 17, 2018, Ogunbowale was released from the Buccaneers practice squad. [17] He was re-signed on October 31, 2018. [18] He was promoted to the active roster on November 13, 2018. [19] He was waived on November 30, 2018, and re-signed to the practice squad. [20] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Buccaneers on December 31, 2018. [21]
In the 2019 season, Ogunbowale was voted to be a team captain and finished with 35 receptions for 286 receiving yards to go along with 11 carries for 17 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. [22]
On September 5, 2020, Ogunbowale was waived by the Buccaneers. [23]
On September 10, 2020, Ogunbowale signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars. [24] He re-signed with the Jaguars as an exclusive-rights free agent on April 19, 2021. [25]
On March 23, 2022, Ogunbowale signed a two-year $3.3 million deal with the Texans. [26] On November 5, 2023, in a game against the Buccaneers, Ogunbowale was pressed into action as the Texans emergency placekicker after an injury to starting kicker Kaʻimi Fairbairn. [27] In the fourth quarter, he became the first non-kicker to make a field goal in a regular season game since Wes Welker did so in 2004. [28]
Ogunbowale was born in the United States to parents who immigrated from Nigeria. He attended Marquette University High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was a four sport athlete - football, soccer, basketball and track. Ogunbowale's younger sister Arike is a professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the WNBA. [29]
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