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Jersey Number 90
Shalom Ogbonda
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 290
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Sugar Land, Texas
- High School:
- Kempner
Bio
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At FAU
Redshirt Senior (2016)
- Member of the Danny Wuerffel Watch List
- Recorded two tackles, both sacks versus Kansas State
- Broke out with a career game versus Ball State tallying nine tackles, including one sac for a loss of eight yards
- Had three tackles and a quarterback hurry at FIU
- Drew the start versus Charlotte and had two tackles
- Tallied a career high nine tackles, including 0.5 for a loss of one yard versus Marshall
- Finished the WKU game with five tackles, which was second on the team and included 0.5 tackles for a loss of two yards
- Tallied three tackles, including one for a loss of one yard, while playing Rice in his home state
- Had a career night his final game in FAU Stadium with 10 tackles, including one tackle for an ODU loss
- Closed out his collegiate career with seven tackles at MT
- Bestowed the Howard Schnellenberger Community Outreach Honoree at the 2016 team season-ending banquet
Redshirt Junior (2015)
- Recorded five tackle assists at Tulsa
- Recorded three tackles, all assists versus Miami, his first start of the season
- Drew the start versus Buffalo...recorded three tackle assists in the game
- Drew his second start of 2015 at Charlotte where he recorded three tackles (2-1=3), including one for a loss of three yards
- Started his second-consecutive game and recorded a tackle assist versus Rice
- Tallied four tackles (1-3) Marshall
- Saw action on both special teams an in a defensive line rotation at UTEP
- Recorded a tackle assist versus Middle Tennessee
- Recorded a tackle assist at UF, it was for a sack for a loss of one yard
- Saw action in the ODU victory on defense
Redshirt Sophomore (2014)
- Part of a steady rotation among the defensive tackles
- Tallied three tackles in the season opener at No. 22 Nebraska
- Recorded two tackles, including a solo at No. 2 Alabama
- Tallied three tackle assists and a pass breakup in the season home opening victory over Tulsa
- At Wyoming he recorded a solo tackle
- Added two tackle assists in the UTSA victory
- Recorded a solo tackle versus FIU
- Saw action in the WKU win
- Recorded tackle assists at Marshall
- Credited with four tackles, including one for a loss in the UAB contest
- Had one tackle, a solo, at North Texas
- Tallied two tackles in the ODU game, FAU's last game of the 2014 season
- Ended his sophomore campaign with 21 tackles
Redshirt Freshman (2013)
- Saw action in every game
- Had a total of 11 tackles on the season, eight solo
- Had a career and season-high three tackles against Marshall and NMSU and recorded two tackles at Rice and in the season opener at Miami
True Freshman (2012)
- Redshirted
High School
- Played for Darrin Andrus at Kempner High School where he recorded 41 tackles, including nine for a loss, and three sacks as a junior...also credited with 24 quarterback pressures, six knockdowns and one pass attempt breakup
- Following his senior campaign, honored on the all-Houston team, the all-district team and named a top-100 Athlete in Houston
- Two-sport athlete (football and soccer, a team that captured the district championship his freshman and sophomore seasons)
Personal
- Graduated in the summer of 2015 with a bachelor's in psychology and is currently pursuing a master's degree in health administration
- Son of Esther and Stanley Ogbonda
- Born Dec. 24, 1994 in London, England
Career Statistics
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Game-by-Game Tackles
2013: Miami (1-1=2); Rice (2-0=2); Marshall (3-0=3); New Mexico State (2-1=3); FIU (0-1=1)
2014: Nebraska (2-1=3); Alabama (1-1=2); Tulsa (0-3=3); Wyoming (1-0=1); UTSA (0-2=2); FIU (1-0=1); Marshall (0-2=2); North Texas (1-0=1); Old Dominion (1-1=2)
2015: at Tulsa (0-5); Miami (0-3=3); Buffalo (0-3=3); Charlotte (2-1=3); Rice (0-1=1); MT (0-1=1); UF (0-1=1, 0.5 TFL)
2016: K-State (2-0=2, 1 TFL); Ball State (3-6=9, 1 sack); FIU (1-2=3, 1 QBH); Charlotte (1-1=2); Marshall (1-8=9, 0.5 TFL); WKU (2-3=5, 0.5-2 TFL); Rice (2-1=3); ODU (4-6=10, 1.0 TFL); MT (4-3=7)
Career Game Highs
Tackles: 10 ODU (11/19/20)
Tackles for a Loss: 1Â 5X
Sacks: 1 Ball State (9/24/16)
Interceptions: N/A
Passes Defended: 1 Tulsa (9/13/14)
2014 Season Game Highs
Tackles: 4 UAB (11/1/14)
Tackles for a Loss: 1 UAB (11/1/14)
Sacks:
Passes Defended: 1 Tulsa (9/13/14)
2015 Season Game Highs
Tackles: 3 3X
Tackles for a Loss: 1 at Charlotte (9/26/15)
Sacks: 0.5 UF (11/21/15)
2016 Season Game Highs
Tackles: 10 ODU (11/19/26)
Tackles for a Loss: 1 at K-State (9/17/16), Rice (11/5/16), ODU (11/19/16)
Sacks: 1 Ball State (9/24/16)
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