Bright Ugwoegbu

Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics

Position:
Outside Linebacker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
235
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Katy, Texas
High School:
Seven Lakes HS

CAREER
• Enters the 2018 season with 30 games played, including 20 starts
• Totaled 126 tackles through his first three seasons, including 17.5 for loss. Adds four pass deflections, three fumble recoveries and one forced fumble. In addition, has eight sacks, totaling 44 yards

OREGON STATE
2017 (JUNIOR)
• Played in all 12 games, making 11 starts
• Finished with 55 tackles, including 28 solo. Totaled 4.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries, three quarterback hurries and two pass breakups
• Recorded a season-best eight tackles against Stanford, with one quarterback hurry and one pass breakup
• Totaled a season-best two tackles for loss against California, including one sack
• Opened the season with back-to-back six-tackle performances against Colorado State and Portland State
• Recovered fumbles against Minnesota and at USC
• Finished with at least two tackles in every game and five or more in five

2016 (SOPHOMORE)
• Played in nine games, making seven starts
• Enjoyed a breakout campaign finishing the season with 54 tackles despite missing most of four games
• Led the squad with 11.0 tackles-for-loss and 5.5 sacks
• Recovered the first fumble of his career against Boise State
• Forced a fumble against Utah, the first of his career
• Recorded two pass breakups in 2016
• Set a career-high with 11 tackles, including two for loss and a sack, against Utah
• Seized a starting spot at outside linebacker
• Suffered a season-ending injury at Stanford

2015 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
• Played in nine games starting two
• Won the starting flash linebacker spot during fall camp
• Registered his first career sack against UCLA
• Finished the season with 17 tackles including 2.0 tackles-for-loss
• Recorded eight tackles including a tackle-for-loss in the 2015 Spring Game
• Played a bit as an outside linebacker/safety hybrid in 2015

2014 (FRESHMAN)
• Redshirt
• Was a standout at outside linebacker for the Beavers’ scout team defense as a true freshman

SEVEN LAKES HIGH SCHOOL
• Recorded 45 tackles, seven tackles-for-loss, two forced fumbles, eight pass breakups and two sacks as a senior
• All-district first as a senior
• Registered 54 tackles and two fumble recoveries as a junior
• Earned an All-Star Bayou Bowl invitation
• Team captain as a senior
• Listed as one of the top 100 recruits in the region by the Houston Chronicle
• Head coach at Seven Lakes was Lydell Wilson, who also coached the Rodgers brothers at Lamar Consolidated
• One of the state’s top triple jumpers, winning districts as a junior

PERSONAL
• Born September 30, 1995 in London, England
• Son of Grace Ugwoegbu
• Has one brother, David, and a sister, Grace
• Lived in Nigeria until he was 9-years old
• Lists Richard Sherman as his favorite athlete
• Majoring in sociology