2018 Football Roster
Roster
Chigozie Nnoruka
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 294
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Sacramento, Calif.
- High School:
- Kennedy
2018
Saw action in 11 games as a reserve along the defensive front ... Recorded a season-high three tackles at Arizona State ... Had two stops in the win over USC.
2017
Saw action in all 13 games and made 10 starts ... Credited with 49 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks on the year ... Made his first start at Memphis and had four tackles, two for loss ... Ranked eighth on the team in tackles with 49 ... Tied for second on the team with 8.5 tackles for loss ... Made at least three tackles in 10 games ... Totaled a season-high eight tackles in the win over Arizona State ... Had five stops each in games vs. Oregon and at Utah.
2016
Did not see game action in his first year in the program.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Credited with 35 tackles, three sacks and eight tackles for loss in 2015 while playing at American River College ... Named first-team All-Nor-Cal League selection.
HIGH SCHOOL
As a prep senior in 2014, he made 54 tackles, 10 sacks for John F. Kennedy HS in Sacramento.
PERSONAL
Full Name: Chigozie (chee-go-zay) Harold Nnoruka … Born in Lagos, Nigeria… Parents: Joseph and Catherine Nnoruka … Has a brother, Tochukwu ... Lists the NFL's Von Miller and Aaron Donald along with the NBA's Lebron James as his favorite athletes ... His biggest thrill to date in sports was getting his first quarterback sack in high school ... Attended school in Nigeria from 2010-2013 ... Interested in becoming a pharmacist ... In his spare time, he enjoys playing video games ... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2018 ... Sociology major.
