Ugochukwu Amadi in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Safety, Oregon, 2015–⁠18

Ugochukwu Amadi

Number
No. 7
Height
5′9″
Weight
199 lb
Class (2018)
Senior
Hometown
Nashville, TN
Born
May 16, 1997

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Ugochukwu Amadi played safety at Oregon (2015–⁠18). He won the 2018 Lombardi Award. The Seattle Seahawks took Amadi in round 4, No. 132 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
43
Tackles, 2017 (Oregon, 7–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 132
Round 4, 2019 NFL Draft (Seattle Seahawks)

Career highs

9tackles, career highat UCLA, 20172interceptions, career highat California, 2018

Honors

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2015Oregon––––2––
2016Oregon423100060
2017Oregon43312.51.5380
2018Oregon433541.5362
Career128976.538202

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2018Oregon142231

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2015Oregon14DBFr.
2016Oregon14DBSo.
2017Oregon7SJr.
2018Oregon7SSr.5′9″199

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2018 Oregon 12 games, 43 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 1vs.Bowling GreenW 58–⁠24541111
Sep 8vs.Portland StateW 62–⁠14110000
Sep 15vs.San José StateW 35–⁠22850.5002
Sep 22vs.StanfordL 31–⁠38310.50.501
Sep 29atCaliforniaW 42–⁠24770021
Oct 13vs.WashingtonW 30–⁠27330000
Oct 20atWashington StateL 20–⁠34430001
Oct 27atArizonaL 15–⁠44330000
Nov 3vs.UCLAW 42–⁠21321000
Nov 17vs.Arizona StateW 31–⁠29661000
Nov 23atOregon StateW 55–⁠15––––––
Dec 31 ✦vs.Michigan StateW 7–⁠6––––––
2017 Oregon 13 games, 43 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.Southern UtahW 77–⁠21431111
Sep 9vs.NebraskaW 42–⁠35430010
Sep 16atWyomingW 49–⁠13110000
Sep 23atArizona StateL 35–⁠37220000
Sep 30vs.CaliforniaW 45–⁠24100.50.501
Oct 7vs.Washington StateL 10–⁠33000002
Oct 14atStanfordL 7–⁠49210000
Oct 21atUCLAL 14–⁠31970001
Oct 28vs.UtahW 41–⁠20331001
Nov 4atWashingtonL 3–⁠38100000
Nov 18vs.ArizonaW 48–⁠28860012
Nov 25vs.Oregon StateW 69–⁠10220000
Dec 16 ✦vs.Boise StateL 28–⁠38630000
2016 Oregon 12 games, 42 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.UC DavisW 53–⁠28210002
Sep 10vs.VirginiaW 44–⁠26540000
Sep 17atNebraskaL 32–⁠35210000
Sep 24vs.ColoradoL 38–⁠41110000
Oct 1atWashington StateL 33–⁠51650000
Oct 8vs.WashingtonL 21–⁠70110000
Oct 21atCaliforniaL 49–⁠52620001
Oct 29vs.Arizona StateW 54–⁠35210000
Nov 5atUSCL 20–⁠45660002
Nov 12vs.StanfordL 27–⁠52220000
Nov 19atUtahW 30–⁠28540001
Nov 26atOregon StateL 24–⁠34430000
2015 Oregon 2 games, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 12atMichigan StateL 28–⁠31––––1–
Oct 17atWashingtonW 26–⁠20––––1–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2019Pro day 2019Combine or pro day 2019
Height5′9⅜″5′9⅜″
Weight199 lb199 lb
Arm length31¾″31¾″
Hand size9½″9½″
Wingspan77⅛″W
40-yard dash4.51 s4.51 s
10-yard split1.48 sW
Vertical jump32½″32½″
Broad jump9′7″9′7″
Bench press18 reps18 reps
3-cone drill7.21 s
20-yard shuttle4.19 s4.19 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 60 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2019Seattle Seahawks121700
2020Seattle Seahawks145300
2021Seattle Seahawks155201
2022Kansas City Chiefs2500
2023New Orleans Saints51100
2024New Orleans Saints116120
2025New Orleans Saints1–00
NFL career6019921

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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