Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah

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Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
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Owusu-Koramoah with the Browns in 2021
No. 6 – Cleveland Browns
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1999-11-04) November 4, 1999 (age 24)
Hampton, Virginia, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:221 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school: Bethel (Hampton, Virginia)
College: Notre Dame (2017–2020)
NFL Draft: 2021  / Round: 2 / Pick: 52
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2023
Total tackles:247
Sacks:5.0
Forced fumbles:5
Pass deflections:14
Interceptions:2
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (born November 4, 1999) is an American football linebacker for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Notre Dame, where he won the Butkus Award and was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and a unanimous All-American as a senior in 2020. Owusu-Koramoah was selected by the Browns in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft.

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Early years

Owusu-Koramoah grew up in Hampton, Virginia, and attended Bethel High School. [1] He is of Ghanaian descent through his father Andrew, who met his wife Beverly in England, before moving to Virginia in 1998. [2] Owusu-Koramoah was rated a three-star recruit and initially committed to play college football at the University of Virginia in 2016 before decommitting to choose Notre Dame. [3]

College career

Owusu-Koramoah spent his freshman season on Notre Dame's scout team and did not appear in any games. [4] [5] He missed most of his sophomore year after breaking his foot in practice after playing in the first two games of the season. [6] [7] Owusu-Koramoah was named a starter going into his junior season and recorded 80 tackles, a team-leading 13.5 tackles for loss, and 5.5 sacks with four passes broken up, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries. [8] He won the Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker as a senior in 2020, in addition to being named a unanimous All-American and the ACC Defensive Player of the Year. [9] [10]

College statistics

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSTotalSoloAstSackPDIntYdsTDFFFRTD
2017 Notre Dame 00DNP
2018 Notre Dame 200000.00000000
2019 Notre Dame 13138054265.54000220
2020 Notre Dame 12126242201.53100321
Career 272514296467.07100541

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 20-yard shuttle Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 1+1⁄2 in
(1.87 m)		221 lb
(100 kg)		33 in
(0.84 m)		8+7⁄8 in
(0.23 m)		4.15 s36.5 in
(0.93 m)		10 ft 4 in
(3.15 m)
All values from Pro Day [11] [12]

Owusu-Koramoah was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round (52nd overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft. [13] He signed his four-year rookie contract, worth $6.5 million, on June 6, 2021. [14] He was placed on the team's COVID-19 reserve list at the start of training camp before being activated on August 3. [15] [16] Koramoah recorded his first career sack on Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields in Week 3 of the 2021 season. He was placed on injured reserve on October 19, 2021, with an ankle injury. [17] He was activated on November 13. He was placed back on injured reserve on December 13 after suffering a foot injury in Week 14. [18]

NFL career statistics

Regular season

YearTeamGamesTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
GPGSCombSoloAstSackSftyPDIntYdsAvgLngTDFFFR
2021 CLE 14107649271.504000.00020
2022 CLE 11107045250.004000.00020
2023 CLE 161310172293.506284.08010
Career 4133247166815.0014284.08050

Personal life

Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is of Ghanaian descent. In 2022, he was running a football camp in Ghana for the youth. [19] His older brother, Joshua Emmanuel Owusu-Koramoah, was found dead inside a burned house on April 5, 2022. Two days later, police in Hampton, Virginia, said Ronald Ivan Scott has been charged with one count of murder and one count of arson. [20]

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