Levi Onwuzurike

Defensive End, Detroit Lions · #95.

Player facts

Team: Detroit Lions
Position: Defensive End
Number: 95
Born: Mar 2, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace: Allen, TX, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 304 lbs
College: Washington
Experience: 6 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	69	35	34	3.5	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	7	2	1

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	@ ARI	W 45-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ CAR	L 32-26	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs NYJ	W 31-24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Thu, Sep 17	@ BUF	L 41-31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 4 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Levi Onwuzurike (born March 2, 1998) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).

He played college football for the Washington Huskies, and was selected by the Lions in the second round of the 2021 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Levi Onwuzurike, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Onwuzurike grew up in Allen, Texas, and attended Allen High School. As a senior, he was named the District 6-6A Defensive MVP and The Dallas Morning News All-Area Defensive Player of the Year after finishing the year with 53 tackles and 8.5 sacks. Onwuzurike committed to play college football at Washington over offers from Baylor, Arizona State and Michigan.

College career

Onwuzurike redshirted his true freshman season. As a redshirt freshman, he recorded 16 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and two sacks. Onwuzurike played in all 14 of the Huskies games with four starts in his redshirt sophomore season and finished the year with 34 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss and three sacks. He was named first-team All-Pac-12 Conference as a redshirt junior after recording 45 tackles, six tackles for loss, and two sacks with a blocked kick on special teams. In September 2020, Onwuzurike announced he was opting out of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and would prepare for the 2021 NFL draft.