Player facts
- Team
Houston Texans- Position
- Running Back
- Number
- 23
- Born
- May 4, 1994 (age 32)
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Weight
- 205 lbs
- College
- Wisconsin
- Experience
- 9 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Offense
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Career | 177 | 594 | 3.4 | 5 | 35 | 109 | 850 | 7.8 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 2 |
Recent games
| Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
@  TEN | W 26-3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  DAL | L 34-30 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 2 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Oluwadare "Dare" Ogunbowale (darr-AY OH-goon-bo-wal-ay; born May 4, 1994) is an American professional football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers, beginning his career as a walk-on. Ogunbowale signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2017.
From Wikipedia’s article on Dare Ogunbowale, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
College career
Ogunbowale walked onto the Wisconsin football team as a cornerback. He eventually switched to running back and racked up over 2,000 total yards and 15 total touchdowns. He was voted team captain his senior year. Following a game against Nebraska in 2014, Ogunbowale was featured in Sports Illustrated due to an error; the magazine editors mistook a photo of Ogunbowale for teammate Melvin Gordon.
Personal life
Ogunbowale was born in the United States to a Black American mother and a father who immigrated from Nigeria. He attended Marquette University High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was a four sport athlete - football, soccer, basketball and track. Ogunbowale's younger sister Arike is a professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the WNBA.
From Wikipedia’s article on Dare Ogunbowale, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Texans’ next games
Recent results
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Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikipediaDare Ogunbowale on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Dare Ogunbowale