2015: Named First Team All-PFL on the defensive line…Posted 54 tackles with 9.0 tackles for loss, including 6.0 sacks…Named STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Week after posting 3.0 sacks and 10 tackles in a win over Drake…Also named PFL Defensive Player of the Week…Finished his CU career as the Camels' all-time leader in tackles for loss (34.5), yards from tackles for loss (173), sacks (20.5) and yards from sacks (120)…Picked up five or more tackles seven times on the season…Made seven tackles at Presbyterian and against Jacksonville…Added a sack and another tackle for loss against Jacksonville…Tallied 1.5 sacks against Chowan…Registered a tackle for loss in six games on the year…Started all 11 team games at defensive end…Also named preseason All-PFL prior to the 2015 campaign…Ranked 12th among FCS defensive ends by Phil Steele heading into the season...
2014: Registered First Team All-PFL accolades…Also named to College Sports Madness’ All-PFL First Team…Tied the CU single season record for sacks with 7.5…Gathered 11.5 tackles for loss, fourth most in CU single season history…Named preseason All-American by USA College Football (Third Team)…Named Preseason All-PFL on the defensive line…Named to College Sports Madness’ preseason Third Team All-PFL squad…Racked up 3.0 tackles for loss in a win over Davidson, tied for third most in a single game in CU single season history…Started 11 and played in all 12 team games on the year…Made 67 total tackles with 27 solo stops…Also batted down five passes and recorded four quarterback hurries…Forced three fumbles…Posted five or more tackles in eight games…Gathered a season high nine tackles twice, at Charleston Southern and at Morehead State…Made seven stops at Dayton…Totaled six tackles four times, against Valparaiso, Davidson, Marist and Jacksonville…Recorded a sack in six of his last eight games…Totaled more than 1.0 tackle for loss in five outings…Earned a letter…Enters the 2015 season third on Campbell’s career tackles for loss list (25.5), second in yards from tackles for loss (125), second in sacks (14.5), second in yards from sacks (86), third in fumbles forced (4), fourth in QB hurries (5)…
2013: Named honorable mention All-PFL on the defensive line…Named the PFL Defensive Player of the Week on 11/24…Collected PFL Defensive Player of the Week honors from College Sports Madness on Nov. 3…Earned CFPA National Defensive Lineman of the Week honorable mention nods twice (10/13, 11/4)…Totaled 14.0 tackles for loss, including 7.0 sacks, second and third most in a single season in a CU uniform…Tied for fourth on the team with 44 tackles, adding a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup…Played in eight games, making four starts…Set a Campbell record with 4.0 tackles for loss at Butler…Made nine tackles at Butler, adding a fumble recovery, and at Davidson, forcing a fumble…Added seven stops against Jacksonville, and six at Stetson, including five solo against the Hatters…Registered at least one sack five times, posting two against Stetson and Old Dominion…Made 3.0 tackles for loss at Stetson…Ranks fourth on the CU career charts with 14.0 tackles for loss and 7.0 sacks after just one season…
Towson (2011-12): Redshirted in 2011…Did not see game action in 2012…
Prep/Personal: A North Carolina All-State performer as a senior...Made 67 tackles as a senior with 9.5 quarterback sacks...Led the Eagles to a 10-2 record and a NCISAA championship…Named all-conference as a senior…Also named MVP of the Shrine Bowl...Posted 44 tackles in junior season with six sacks…Coached by now Campbell University head coach Mike Minter…Also played basketball…Son of John and Maryann Awuruonye…Has three younger sisters...Born on May 2, 1993 in Charlotte, N.C. ...
