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Pronunciation
OOH-de
Ude's Career Game Highs
Tackles: 1 (at Stanford, 2017)
Quarterback Hurries: 1 (twice, last vs. Weber State, 2017)
Cal Career (2015 – Present)
• Played in a career-high seven of his eight career games all off the bench as a 2017 sophomore and contributed all of his stats with one tackle at Stanford as well as two quarterback hurries with one each in back-to-back games to open the campaign at North Carolina and vs. Weber State
• Changed his uniform to his current No. 13 beginning with 2016 spring practices after wearing No. 53 during his first campaign at Cal as a 2015 true freshman
• Has worked both at defensive end and his current outside linebacker spot during his Cal career
Junior (2018)
• Recorded two tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss (-2 yards) in the spring game
Sophomore (2017)
• Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors
• Played in a career-high seven games all off the bench and contributed all of his stats with one tackle at Stanford as well as two quarterback hurries with a career-high-tying one each at North Carolina and vs. Weber State
• Had a huge spring game with two tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss and sacks (-14 yards), with one of the sacks forcing a Chase Forrest fumble and a 10-yard loss and another again of Forrest dropping him for a four-yard loss
Freshman (2016)
• Made his collegiate debut off the bench in the season-opener vs. Hawai'i but recorded no statistics other than participation
• Took one special teams snap
• A Jonathan and Judy Hoff Football Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Had two tackles for the winning Blue squad in the spring game
Freshman (2015)
• Redshirted
• Did not play
• Earned the team's Dink Artal Award as the Scout Team Player of the Year on defense for being instrumental in his work of preparing Cal’s offense for opposing defenses
The Westminster School (Class of 2015)
• Played three seasons of varsity football including for a 2014 senior team that posted a 12-2 overall record, a 4-1 mark in AAA Region 4B play and reached the state semifinals
• Junior squad in 2013 played in the first round of the state playoffs, while 2012 sophomore team reached the second round of the state playoffs
• Played in both 4-3 and 3-4 defenses
• Wore No. 50
Recruiting Notes (Class of 2015)
Stars: Rivals (4), Tom Lemming (4), 247Sports (3), 247Sports Composite (3), ESPN (3), Scout (3)
National Overall Player Ratings: 247Sports Composite (475)
National Strong-Side Defensive End Ratings: Rivals (20), 247Sports Composite (24), 247Sports (35)
National Defensive Tackle Ratings: ESPN (47)
National Defensive End Ratings: Scout (81)
Regional Overall Player Ratings: ESPN (303)
South Defensive End Ratings: Scout (38)
Georgia Overall Player Ratings: Rivals (32), 247Sports Composite (45), 247Sports (52), ESPN (68)
Georgia Defensive End Ratings: Scout (8)
Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports (88), 247Sports Composite (0.8721), ESPN (78), Rivals (5.8)
• Named to The Opening Watch List for Defensive Linemen in January of 2014
• Invited to the Atlanta Nike Football Training Camp in Atlanta in April of 2013
Other
• Full name is Russell Tobena Ude
• Born November 25, 1996
• Son of Victor and Uche Ude
• Cousins Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, England National Team), Marcus Watson (Newcastle Falcons, England National Team) and Callum Watson (London Irish, England Under-17 Team) play professional and club rugby
• Nickname is Chief
• Major is business administration
Last Updated
June 16, 2018
