Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
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Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah

Linebacker, Cleveland Browns · #6.

Player facts

Team
Cleveland Browns
Position
Linebacker
Number
6
Born
Nov 4, 1999 (age 26)
Birthplace
Hampton, VA, USA
Height
6' 2"
Weight
221 lbs
College
Notre Dame
Experience
6 seasons
Status
Day-To-Day

Stats

2024 Defense

TOTSOLOASTSACKFFFRYDSINTYDSAVGTDLNGPDSTFSTFYDSKB
Regular Season6139223100100.00039140
Career3082051038600382.7081746.5860

Recent games

TacklesFumblesInterceptions
DateOpponentResultTOTSOLOASTSACKFFFRINTYDSAVGTDLNGPDKB
vs BALW 29-24752100000.00000
vs CINL 21-14734000000.00000
@ PHIL 20-16844100000.00010
@ WSHL 34-13550110100.00010
@ LVL 20-16963000000.00000

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Jeremiah Ernest Owusu-Koramoah Yaw (born November 4, 1999) is an American professional football linebacker for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where he won the Butkus Award and was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year and a unanimous All-American as a senior in 2020. Owusu-Koramoah was selected by the Browns in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft, and was named a Pro Bowler in 2023.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1

Background

Early life

Owusu-Koramoah grew up in Hampton, Virginia, and attended Bethel High School. He is of Ghanaian descent through his father Andrew, who met his wife Beverly in England, before moving to Virginia in 1998. Owusu-Koramoah was rated a three-star recruit and initially committed to play college football at the University of Virginia in 2016 before decommitting to choose the University of Notre Dame.

College career

Owusu-Koramoah spent his freshman season on the Fighting Irish's scout team and did not appear in any games. He missed most of his sophomore year after breaking his foot in practice after playing in the first two games of the season. Owusu-Koramoah was named a starter going into his junior season and recorded 80 tackles, a team-leading 13.5 tackles for loss, and 5.5 sacks with four passes broken up, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries. He won the Butkus Award as the nation's top linebacker as a senior in 2020, in addition to being named a unanimous All-American and the ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

Personal life

Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is of Ghanaian descent. In 2022, he was running a youth football camp in Ghana. Owusu-Koramoah is known for wearing elaborate clothing styles, featuring traditional patterns and materials, in celebration of his Ghanaian heritage.

His older brother, Joshua Emmanuel Owusu-Koramoah, was found dead inside a burned house on April 5, 2022. Two days later, police in Hampton, Virginia said that Ronald Ivan Scott had been charged with one count of murder and one count of arson.

On January 25, 2024, he converted to Islam.

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