2017 Football Roster
Jersey Number 94
Tito Odenigbo
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 300
- Position:
- DL
- Hometown:
- Centerville, Ohio
- High School:
- Centerville
Career Highs
Tackles: 6 at Minnesota, 10/21/17
Solos: 3 at Minnesota, 10/21/17
TFLs: 1.5, twice (last vs. Indiana, 11/11/17)
Sacks: 1.0, twice (last at Minnesota, 10/21/17)
Fumbles Forced: 1 vs. Ball State, 9/2/17
Fumbles Recovered: 1 vs. Murray State, 9/3/16
PBUs: 1, twice (last vs. Rutgers, 10/14/17)
Blocked Kicks: 1 at South Florida, 9/15/17
2017 Junior
- Played in 10 games with four starts at defensive tackle
- 29 tackles (10 solo), 4.5 TFLs, 1.0 sack, two pass breakups
- Tied for second on the team in TFLs (4.5)
- Second on the team in TFLs during Big Ten games (4.0)
- Blocked a field goal at South Florida and added four tackles, 1 PBU and 0.5 TFL
- Career-high six tackles at Minnesota
- Transferred following the season
2016 Sophomore
- Played in 11 games with one start on the defensive line
- Started at defensive tackle at Michigan, his first career start
- 15 tackles (4 solo), 2.5 TFLs, 1.0 sacks on the season
- Career-high three tackles against Western Michigan and Iowa
- Career-high 1.0 TFLs against Murray State and Iowa
- First career sack in the opener against Murray State
2015 Redshirt Freshman
- Played in six games
- Three tackles (one solo) and 1.5 TFL on season
- Two tackles and 1.0 TFL against Western Illinois
2014 Freshman
- Redshirted the 2014 season
High School
- Three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals, Scout and 247Sports
- Ranked the No. 69 defensive end in the nation by ESPN.com
- Ranked the No. 39 player in Ohio by ESPN.com
- Had 63 tackles and 11.5 sacks in 2013 while leading team to an 8-3 record
- Honorable mention All-State and first-team All-District in 2013
- Had 43 tackles and nine sacks in 2012
- Two-time first-team Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC)
- Three-year letterwinner in track and field
- Helped track team to runner-up finish at the 2011 OHSAA Division I state championships
Personal
- Last name pronounced oh-DEN-uh-bo
- Full name is Otitodilinna Odenigbo
- Goes by Tito
- Born July 13, 1996
- Son of Thomas and Linda Odenigbo
- Father graduated from the University of Illinois College of Engineering
- Has two older brothers
- Brother, Ifeadi, plays defensive end for Northwestern University
- Attended same high school as NFL players A.J. Hawk and Mike Nugent, ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit and former Illini OL Jake Feldmeyer
- Says his high school track coach most influenced his athletic career because he kept him on track academically and was a mentor
- Says he grew up a fan of the Fighting Illini and former QB Juice Williams
- Enrolled in College of Liberal Arts and Science
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