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Rome Odunze

Wide Receiver, Chicago Bears · #15.

Player facts

Team: Chicago Bears
Position: Wide Receiver
Number: 15
Born: Jun 3, 2002 (age 24)
Birthplace: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 214 lbs
College: Washington
Experience: 3 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Offense

	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG	FUM	LST
Regular Season	17	29	273	16.1	0	47	11	0	0	0.0	0	1	1
Last 5 Games	17	29	273	16.8	0	47	11	0	0	0.0	0	1	1
Career	115	220	1,668	14.5	9	47	85	3	15	5.0	8	3	2

Advanced stats

2026 season through week 6. EPA per play is the points a play added to the team’s expected score; success rate is the share of plays that kept the offense on schedule; CPOE is completion percentage over what the throws’ difficulty predicted. Rank is by EPA per play.

	Plays	EPA/play	Success	CPOE	League rank
Receiving	33 targets	+0.31	52%		40th of 94

NFL data: nflverse, CC BY 4.0.

Recent games

			Receiving							Rushing					Fumbles
Date	Opponent	Result	REC	TGTS	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FD	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	FUM	LST
Sun, Oct 11	@ GB	L 31-7	3	9	40	13.3	0	20	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	1
Sun, Oct 4	vs NYJ	W 23-12	6	7	94	15.7	0	37	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Mon, Sep 28	vs PHI	W 27-7	3	6	44	14.7	0	22	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs MIN	L 9-3	3	4	43	14.3	0	21	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ CAR	W 59-37	2	3	52	26.0	0	47	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

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

About

Rome Odunze (oh-DOON-zay; born June 3, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington Huskies, where he was a consensus All-American and runner-up for the national championship in 2023. Odunze was selected by the Bears ninth overall in the 2024 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Rome Odunze, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Odunze was born on June 3, 2002, in Orem, Utah, later moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was three. He attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, where he was named the state's Gatorade Football Player of the Year as a senior in 2019 after recording 54 catches for 1,222 yards and 15 touchdowns. For his career, he had 121 receptions for 2,699 yards and 31 touchdowns. Odunze committed to the University of Washington to play college football. He is of Nigerian descent on his father's side. He credits the summers he spent working on his mom's family farm, in Utah, for teaching him "how to grind."

College career

As a true freshman at Washington in 2020, Odunze played in four games and had six receptions for 72 yards. As a sophomore in 2021, he started seven of nine games, recording 41 receptions for 415 yards and four touchdowns. He returned to Washington as a starter in 2022.

As a junior in 2022, Odunze led the team in receiving yards with 1,145, the fifth-most in single-season history for Washington. He had six games going over the 100-yard mark and three games going over 150 yards. He also led the Pac-12 in receiving yards and was second in receptions per game.

On September 30, 2023, Odunze recovered an onside kick from University of Arizona kicker Tyler Loop and absorbed a hit from safety Dalton Johnson. He revealed later in the season that he had suffered a broken rib and punctured lung on the play. Despite the injury, Odunze played in all 15 games, which included two playoff games, and recorded 92 receptions for 1,640 yards and 13 touchdowns. He had ten games with over 100 receiving yards on the season. He led the NCAA in receiving yards and the Pac-12 in receptions for 2023. He was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award. Odunze declared for the 2024 NFL draft following Washington's loss in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship.

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