Oshiomogho Atogwe
Atogwe at the Redskins 2011 training camp.
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| Position: | Free safety | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | June 23, 1981 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Windsor, Ontario | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| College: | Stanford | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2005 / Round: 3 / Pick: 66 | ||||||||||||
| CFL draft: | 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Tackles: | 450 |
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| Sacks: | 5.5 |
| Interceptions: | 25 |
| Forced fumbles: | 16 |
| Touchdowns: | 1 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Oshiomogho Isaac "O.J." Atogwe (born June 23, 1981) is a former Canadian-born American football free safety in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Stanford. Atogwe has also played for the Washington Redskins. Currently he is working for TSN as a pro football analyst.
Atogwe attended high school at W.F. Herman Secondary School in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. While he was there he starred in football, soccer, basketball, and track and field. In basketball, he was a three-time All-City selection and was the league MVP as a senior. Atogwe was named All-Canada, All-Ontario and All-Academic. In football he was a two-year starter at running back and cornerback and was named the league's Defensive MVP in 1999, under head coach Harry Lumley. He was also All-city as a running back. He was a league MVP in basketball as a senior and three-time All-City selection and competed in the long jump, triple jump and 200-meter dash (22.8) in track.
Atogwe played college football and ran track for the Stanford Cardinal in the Pac-10 conference where during his career he made nine interceptions. Atogwe redshirted as a freshman at Stanford in 2000. He appeared in every game as a reserve free safety in 2001, producing four tackles on special teams. Atogwe took over the strong safety position in 2002, going on to start the next 33 games. He led the team with 71 tackles (47 solos), a sack, a fumble recovery, three forced fumbles, three interceptions and four pass deflections. He was named team co-MVP and earned second-team All-Pac-10 Conference honors in 2003, as he again led the team with a career-high 90 tackles (54 solos), including five stops behind the line of scrimmage, two interceptions and eight pass deflections while manning the free safety position. He also led the FBS with six fumble recoveries and six forced fumbles. As a senior in 2004, Atogwe started all 11 games and finished with 76 tackles, four for a loss, four interceptions and seven passes broken up.
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