Jerry Uwaezuoke

Position:
Defensive Tackle
Height:
6-3
Weight:
286
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
High School:
Westbury
Prev School:
Westbury

Tulsa — A three-year letterwinner. . . has played in 36 career games and has 12 career starts . . . has 39 tackles and 8.5 stops for -22 yards in his career . . . 2015 – Played in all 13 games . . . tallied 12 tackles, including seven solos and 1.5 stops for -2 yards . . . was credited with two tackles and 1.5 TFLs for -2 yards against East Carolina . . . 2014 – Played in 12 games and started 10 contests . . . had 16 tackles and four TFLs for -8 yards . . . tallied a career-best four stops, including 0.5 sack for -3 yards and one QB hurry at UCF . . .had three tackles against Colorado State and East Carolina . . . totaled two stops with 1.5 of those tackles for -2 yards against USF and had two tackles and one stop for -1 yard at Memphis . . . 2013 – Played in 11 games and started two games . . . received starting assignments in Tulsa’s final two games against Louisiana Tech and North Texas . . . totaled 11 tackles and three TFLs for -12 yards . . . had a season-best three tackles against UTSA . . . 2012 – Was one of several true freshmen to sit out the 2012 season due to red-shirt status.

High School — Was a two-year letterwinner at Westbury High School . . . started at defensive tackle his senior season . . . earned second-team all-district accolades as a senior . . . played offensive tackle as a junior as well as on the defensive line . . . also lettered two years in track and one year in power-lifting.

Personal — Favorite meal is fufu with egusi soup . . . favorite NFL player is J.J. Watt . . . his favorite movie is Interstellar . . . lists The Express as his favorite sports movie . . . a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes . . . has four siblings . . . parents are Chief Josiah and Angela Chienye . . . majoring in exercise and sports science . . . born August 25, 1994 in Houston, Texas. (pronounced You - wez - okay)