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Jersey Number 44
Andy Nwaoko
- Position:
- DE
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 251
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Imo State, Nigeria
- High School:
- Blue Ridge (VA)
2024 (r-Senior)
• Played in 10 games
• Ended the year with six tackles, including a half sack and a hurry
• Was in on 105 total snaps for the year
• Added one solo tackle in 17 snaps against Tennessee Tech
• Credited with a half sack against WKU
• Did not play against Memphis or NMSU
• Credited with three stops at LA Tech
2023 (r-Junior at Stony Brook)
• Appeared in six games before season ended due to injury
• Racked up 17 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks
• Collected six tackles and 2.0 sacks for nine yards at Rhode Island (Sept. 8)
2022 (r-Sophomore at Boise State)
• Played in three games
• Made his collegiate debut against Colorado State and made his first career tackle against Nevada
2021 (r-Freshman at Boise State)
• Did not see any action
2020 (Freshman at Boise State)
• Did not see any action
• Tabbed to the Academic All-Mountain West Team in the Fall of 2020
High School
• Was a two-sport athlete at Blue Ridge School in Saint George, Va., where he also played forward on the boys’ basketball team
• On the gridiron, he was named the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division II Defensive Player of the Year as a senior, in addition to garnering first-team defensive honors
• He totaled 81 tackles and 11 sacks his senior year
Personal
• Full name: Andy Nwaoko
• Parents: Andrew and Mary Ann Iwu
• Born: 2/14/2001
• Major: Integrated Studies
• Other: was born and raised in Nigeria then moved to Virginia in 2017 and had never heard of football
• Played in 10 games
• Ended the year with six tackles, including a half sack and a hurry
• Was in on 105 total snaps for the year
• Added one solo tackle in 17 snaps against Tennessee Tech
• Credited with a half sack against WKU
• Did not play against Memphis or NMSU
• Credited with three stops at LA Tech
2023 (r-Junior at Stony Brook)
• Appeared in six games before season ended due to injury
• Racked up 17 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks
• Collected six tackles and 2.0 sacks for nine yards at Rhode Island (Sept. 8)
2022 (r-Sophomore at Boise State)
• Played in three games
• Made his collegiate debut against Colorado State and made his first career tackle against Nevada
2021 (r-Freshman at Boise State)
• Did not see any action
2020 (Freshman at Boise State)
• Did not see any action
• Tabbed to the Academic All-Mountain West Team in the Fall of 2020
High School
• Was a two-sport athlete at Blue Ridge School in Saint George, Va., where he also played forward on the boys’ basketball team
• On the gridiron, he was named the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association Division II Defensive Player of the Year as a senior, in addition to garnering first-team defensive honors
• He totaled 81 tackles and 11 sacks his senior year
Personal
• Full name: Andy Nwaoko
• Parents: Andrew and Mary Ann Iwu
• Born: 2/14/2001
• Major: Integrated Studies
• Other: was born and raised in Nigeria then moved to Virginia in 2017 and had never heard of football
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