Pronunciation
chin-uh-DO OOH-dog-ooh
Udeogu's Career Game Highs
Tackles: 3 (at Arizona, 2018)
Cal Career (2016 – Present)
• Has played in 27 games over the past three seasons all off the bench after redshirting as a 2016 true freshman including all 25 contests possible during his 2017 redshirt reshman and 2018 sophomore campaigns
• Has contributed 20 tackles including a career-high 13 in a career-high all 13 games played as a sophomore
Senior (2020)
• Continued to work out at tight end, where he had moved after returning from injury during the 2019 season, for four practices before the remainder of spring football was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Junior (2019)
• Played in the first two games of the campaign and recorded one tackle in the season-opener against UC Davis before suffering an injury
• Worked out at tight end after returning from injury but did not see any game action
• Recorded three tackles in the spring game
Sophomore (2018)
• Played in a career-high all 13 games off the bench and recorded a career-high 13 tackles
• Recorded a career-high three tackles at Arizona
• Had two stops vs. Washington and Colorado, and at USC
• Recorded one tackle against Idaho State, UCLA, Stanford and in the Cheez-It Bowl vs. TCU
• Also played in five other contests vs. North Carolina, at BYU, vs. Oregon, at Oregon State and at Washington State but did not record any statistics other than participation
• Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic
• Recorded one tackle in the spring game
Freshman (2017)
• Played in all 12 games off the bench and contributed six tackles with two at Stanford and one each vs.Ole Miss, at Oregon, vs. Washington State and vs. Arizona
• A Jonathan and Judy Hoff Football Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Played in the spring game but did not record any statistics other than participation
Freshman (2016)
• Redshirted
• Did not play
Georgetown Prep (Class Of 2016)
• A two-year varsity starter who compiled prep totals of 81 tackles, 8.0 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks, three forced fumbles, seven pass deflections and 11 quarterback hurries for teams that compiled a 12-8 overall record and posted a 6-4 region mark while capturing a share of an Interstate Athletic Conference title as a 2015 senior
• A second-team All-State selection by American Family Insurance and a first-team All-IAC pick by the league’s coaches and the Varsity Sports Network, as well as a second-team pick of the Montgomery Sentinel as a senior when he registered 46 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks, two forced fumbles, three pass deflections and eight quarterback hurries for a squad that was 7-3 overall and 4-1 in IAC games to share a conference title while finishing ranked No. 14 in the state of Maryland
• Recorded 35 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, one forced fumble, four pass deflections, three quarterback hurries and one fumble recovery as a 2014 junior for a team that finished 5-5 overall
• Wore No. 7 as a senior and No. 86 as a junior
Recruiting Notes (Class Of 2016)
Stars: 247Sports Composite (3), Scout (3), 247Sports (2), ESPN (2), Rivals (2)
National Overall Player Ratings: 247Sports Composite (1900), 247Sports (2216)
National Strong-Side Defensive End Ratings: 247Sports Composite (90), 247Sports (103)
National Defensive End Ratings: Scout (98), ESPN (168)
Regional Overall Player Ratings: ESPN (227)
East Defensive End Ratings: Scout (10)
Maryland Overall Player Ratings: ESPN (41), 247Sports Composite (42), 247Sports (47)
Maryland Defensive End Ratings: Scout (3)
Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports Composite (0.8092), 247Sports (78), ESPN (68), Rivals (5.4)
Other
• Born November 28, 1997
• Son of Raphael and Mary Udeogu
• Did not begin playing football until the ninth grade
• On track to graduate from Cal with a bachelor's degree in business administration in the summer of 2020
Last Updated
May 5, 2020
