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Jersey Number 11
Amen Ogbongbemiga
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 225
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- High School:
- Notre Dame
Bio
Pronounced AY-men awg-BONG-beh-MEE-guh
2017 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2018 OSU Outstanding Special Teams Player Award
2018 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 Team Captain as voted by teammates
2019 OSU Leslie O’Neal Award (Defensive MVP)
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches & AP)
2020 Lott IMPACT Trophy Semifinalist
2020 Team Captain as voted by teammates
First made a name for himself with outstanding play on special teams and worked his way into being one of the best linebackers in the Big 12 ... A two-time All-Big 12 pick ... Finished his career as one of 10 four time first team academic all-conference honorees in OSU history ... Amassed more than 200 tackles and 25 tackles for loss during his time as a Cowboys to go along with nine sacks, nine quarterback hurries, four fumbles forced and four fumbles recovered.
2020 (Senior): A semifinalist for the 2020 Lott IMPACT Trophy who was OSU’s leading tackler in six of its 11 games ... Named second team All-Big 12 by the coaches and the AP ... The coaches also picked him as an honorable mention for the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year ... First team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Voted as a team captain by his teammates for the second consecutive season ... Selected in the preseason for the Butkus Award watch list ... Started every game for the Cowboys and served as a game captain vs. Kansas, Oklahoma, Baylor and Miami ... Finished the season as OSU’s second-leading tackler with 81, just one short of Maclolm Rodriguez’s 82 ... His 51 solo tackles also tied for the second-most on the team ... Led the team in tackles vs. West Virginia (13), Kansas (5), Texas (10), Kansas State (8), Texas Tech (11), and TCU (12) ... HIs 13 tackles vs. WVU also marked a career high and tied for the most of any player in an OSU game on the year ... The 13 tackles vs. WVU also tied for the third-most of any BIg 12 player in a game for the season ... Had at least three tackles in every game and at least five tackles in seven games ... Also added 2.5 sacks and three quarterback hurries on the year, getting sacks vs. WVU and UT and a half-sack at KSU ... Had a career day at TCU, forcing three fumbles to set an OSU record, tie a Big 12 record and finish one short of matching the NCAA record for forced fumbles in a game ... Recovered two of his forced fumbles in the fourth quarter and a teammate recovered his other forced fumble late in the third quarter to give him three forced turnovers in the final 18:30 of a one-possession game ... He also finished as the game’s leader in total tackles (12) and solo tackles (9) on his way to earning Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for the performance, as well as the Pro Football Focus National College Defensive MVP of the Week ... Finished as the seventh leading tackler in the BIg 12 with an average of 7.4 per game ... His three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries were tied for the Big 12 lead in 2020, and his two fumble recoveries tied for No. 12 in the FBS.
2019 (Junior): A second-team All-Big 12 selection by the coaches ... First-team academic All-Big 12 honoree … Voted as a team captain by his teammates … Recipient of OSU’s Leslie O’Neal Award as MVP of the defense … Ranked second on the team and sixth in the Big 12 with 100 tackles ... Led the team and ranked fifth in the Big 12 with 15.5 tackles for loss ... Led the team and ranked 13th in the Big 12 with 5.0 sacks ... Credited with five quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... Picked off his first career interception at a crucial juncture late in the Cowboys’ win at No. 23 Iowa State ... Set a career high with 12 tackles against Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl … Added a sack and a fumble recovery in that same game … Had 11 tackles against Texas and West Virginia ... Added 3.5 tackles for loss against the Mountaineers ... Had a 10-tackle performance against Oregon State ... Recognized as the team’s defensive game MVP against McNeese after logging seven tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss in that contest ... Had 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss against Tulsa ... Recorded two tackles for loss against Iowa State ... Chosen as a game captain against Oklahoma, Baylor and Tulsa ... Was a leading performer on an Oklahoma State defense that made significant improvement from the previous season ... In 2018, the Cowboys allowed an average of 32.5 points and 452.5 yards per game, but in 2019, those numbers improved to 26.8 points per game and 412.3 yards per game ... The Cowboys of 2019 held each of their final six opponents below their season scoring average.
2018 (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games, logging 12 tackles, 1.5 sacks, three tackles for loss and a fumble recovery ... Had a solo sack of Kyler Murray in the Bedlam game and assisted on a sack against South Alabama ... Had a tackle for loss against Missouri State ... Had a season-high three tackles against Oklahoma and Missouri State ... A star performer on special teams who blocked a punt that set up a touchdown at an important stage of the game in the Cowboys’ win over No. 17 Boise State ... Recovered a fumble while covering a punt against Iowa State that set up an OSU touchdown ... Of his 12 tackles on the season, a team-high six came on special teams ... Three of his special teams tackles came as part of kickoff coverage and the other three came on punt coverage ... Served as a game captain against Oklahoma and South Alabama ... Helped the Cowboys rank in the top 20 nationally in sacks, tackles for loss and red zone defense.
2017 (Freshman): First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Played in 12 games on defense and special teams, recording 16 tackles with 13 solo stops ... Credited with 2.0 tackles for loss for five total yards and one quarterback hurry ... Had one tackle for loss at South Alabama and one against Baylor ... Had a season-best five-tackle day in OSU’s win at Pittsburgh ... Had multiple tackles in five games.
2016: Redshirt.
High School: Played for coach Dave Diluzio at Notre Dame HS … Part of a 37-game win streak that nearly set a Canadian record … As a senior, he recorded 110 total tackles, 15 tackles for loss, four sacks, five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries … Junior year stats included 104 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and three sacks … Named first team all-district and his team’s MVP as a senior … A three-time academic honor roll selection … Also competed in track and field.
Personal: Amen Ogbongbemiga was born Sept. 4, 1998, in Lagos, Nigeria … Moved to Houston, Texas in 2003 then moved to Calgary in 2011 … Son of Ngozi and Ayo Ogbongbemiga … His brother, Alex, played football at Houston and in the Canadian Football League … Accounting major.
2017 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2018 OSU Outstanding Special Teams Player Award
2018 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 Team Captain as voted by teammates
2019 OSU Leslie O’Neal Award (Defensive MVP)
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches & AP)
2020 Lott IMPACT Trophy Semifinalist
2020 Team Captain as voted by teammates
Career Highs
| Tackles | 13 vs. West Virginia, 2020 |
| TFL | 3.5 at West Virginia, 2019 |
| Sacks | 1.5 at Tulsa, 2019 |
| Interceptions | 1 at Iowa State, 2019 |
| Forced Fumbles | 3 at TCU, 2020 |
| Fumbles Recovered | 2 at TCU, 2020 |
First made a name for himself with outstanding play on special teams and worked his way into being one of the best linebackers in the Big 12 ... A two-time All-Big 12 pick ... Finished his career as one of 10 four time first team academic all-conference honorees in OSU history ... Amassed more than 200 tackles and 25 tackles for loss during his time as a Cowboys to go along with nine sacks, nine quarterback hurries, four fumbles forced and four fumbles recovered.
2020 (Senior): A semifinalist for the 2020 Lott IMPACT Trophy who was OSU’s leading tackler in six of its 11 games ... Named second team All-Big 12 by the coaches and the AP ... The coaches also picked him as an honorable mention for the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year ... First team Academic All-Big 12 honoree ... Voted as a team captain by his teammates for the second consecutive season ... Selected in the preseason for the Butkus Award watch list ... Started every game for the Cowboys and served as a game captain vs. Kansas, Oklahoma, Baylor and Miami ... Finished the season as OSU’s second-leading tackler with 81, just one short of Maclolm Rodriguez’s 82 ... His 51 solo tackles also tied for the second-most on the team ... Led the team in tackles vs. West Virginia (13), Kansas (5), Texas (10), Kansas State (8), Texas Tech (11), and TCU (12) ... HIs 13 tackles vs. WVU also marked a career high and tied for the most of any player in an OSU game on the year ... The 13 tackles vs. WVU also tied for the third-most of any BIg 12 player in a game for the season ... Had at least three tackles in every game and at least five tackles in seven games ... Also added 2.5 sacks and three quarterback hurries on the year, getting sacks vs. WVU and UT and a half-sack at KSU ... Had a career day at TCU, forcing three fumbles to set an OSU record, tie a Big 12 record and finish one short of matching the NCAA record for forced fumbles in a game ... Recovered two of his forced fumbles in the fourth quarter and a teammate recovered his other forced fumble late in the third quarter to give him three forced turnovers in the final 18:30 of a one-possession game ... He also finished as the game’s leader in total tackles (12) and solo tackles (9) on his way to earning Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for the performance, as well as the Pro Football Focus National College Defensive MVP of the Week ... Finished as the seventh leading tackler in the BIg 12 with an average of 7.4 per game ... His three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries were tied for the Big 12 lead in 2020, and his two fumble recoveries tied for No. 12 in the FBS.
2019 (Junior): A second-team All-Big 12 selection by the coaches ... First-team academic All-Big 12 honoree … Voted as a team captain by his teammates … Recipient of OSU’s Leslie O’Neal Award as MVP of the defense … Ranked second on the team and sixth in the Big 12 with 100 tackles ... Led the team and ranked fifth in the Big 12 with 15.5 tackles for loss ... Led the team and ranked 13th in the Big 12 with 5.0 sacks ... Credited with five quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... Picked off his first career interception at a crucial juncture late in the Cowboys’ win at No. 23 Iowa State ... Set a career high with 12 tackles against Texas A&M in the Texas Bowl … Added a sack and a fumble recovery in that same game … Had 11 tackles against Texas and West Virginia ... Added 3.5 tackles for loss against the Mountaineers ... Had a 10-tackle performance against Oregon State ... Recognized as the team’s defensive game MVP against McNeese after logging seven tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss in that contest ... Had 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss against Tulsa ... Recorded two tackles for loss against Iowa State ... Chosen as a game captain against Oklahoma, Baylor and Tulsa ... Was a leading performer on an Oklahoma State defense that made significant improvement from the previous season ... In 2018, the Cowboys allowed an average of 32.5 points and 452.5 yards per game, but in 2019, those numbers improved to 26.8 points per game and 412.3 yards per game ... The Cowboys of 2019 held each of their final six opponents below their season scoring average.
2018 (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games, logging 12 tackles, 1.5 sacks, three tackles for loss and a fumble recovery ... Had a solo sack of Kyler Murray in the Bedlam game and assisted on a sack against South Alabama ... Had a tackle for loss against Missouri State ... Had a season-high three tackles against Oklahoma and Missouri State ... A star performer on special teams who blocked a punt that set up a touchdown at an important stage of the game in the Cowboys’ win over No. 17 Boise State ... Recovered a fumble while covering a punt against Iowa State that set up an OSU touchdown ... Of his 12 tackles on the season, a team-high six came on special teams ... Three of his special teams tackles came as part of kickoff coverage and the other three came on punt coverage ... Served as a game captain against Oklahoma and South Alabama ... Helped the Cowboys rank in the top 20 nationally in sacks, tackles for loss and red zone defense.
2017 (Freshman): First Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Played in 12 games on defense and special teams, recording 16 tackles with 13 solo stops ... Credited with 2.0 tackles for loss for five total yards and one quarterback hurry ... Had one tackle for loss at South Alabama and one against Baylor ... Had a season-best five-tackle day in OSU’s win at Pittsburgh ... Had multiple tackles in five games.
2016: Redshirt.
High School: Played for coach Dave Diluzio at Notre Dame HS … Part of a 37-game win streak that nearly set a Canadian record … As a senior, he recorded 110 total tackles, 15 tackles for loss, four sacks, five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries … Junior year stats included 104 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and three sacks … Named first team all-district and his team’s MVP as a senior … A three-time academic honor roll selection … Also competed in track and field.
Personal: Amen Ogbongbemiga was born Sept. 4, 1998, in Lagos, Nigeria … Moved to Houston, Texas in 2003 then moved to Calgary in 2011 … Son of Ngozi and Ayo Ogbongbemiga … His brother, Alex, played football at Houston and in the Canadian Football League … Accounting major.
Ogbongbemiga’s Career Stats
| Year | GP | UT-AT-TT | TFL | Sacks | INT | PBU | QBH | FF | FR | BK |
| 2017 | 12 | 13-3-16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13 | 7-5-12 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 13 | 63-37-100 | 15.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 11 | 51-30-81 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | 49 | 134-75-209 | 25.5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
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