Career Transactions: Selected by the Cleveland Browns in the third round (65th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.
Last name pronounced OH-gun-JOE-bee…Tallied tallied a career-best 5.5 sacks in 2018…Started every game, adding a career-high 52 tackles…All-time leader in tackles (217), tackles for loss (49.0) and sacks (13) at Charlotte, while becoming the first player in program history drafted in the NFL…Lost more than 100 pounds in high school once he started working out and playing football…Taught himself how to play the piano, noting he can play Mozart and Beethoven…A biology and computer science major, was interested in a pre-med track and ultimately cancer research and treatment, inspired after his grandfather lost a battle with prostate cancer.
2018: Finished second on team with career-best 5.5 sacks...Started all 16 games at DT, compiling a career-high 52 tackles (33 solo)...Recorded first career forced fumble...(9/9) vs. Pit.: Started at DT, tallying seven tackles (three solo), and one sack, his second career...In OT, sacked Ben Roethlisberger to help force punt...(9/16) at NO: Started at DT, amassing three solo stops and career-high two sacks...Marked first career multiple-sack game...Both sacks came on third down...(9/20) vs. NYJ: In 21-17 primetime victory, started at DT, recording a career-best eight tackles (career-high four solo)...Five of his eight tackles resulted in a loss or no gain...(10/14) vs. LAC: Started at DT, compiling four tackles (three solo) and a half sack...(10/21) at TB: Started at DT, notching two tackles (one solo) and a half-sack...(11/11) vs. Atl.: In 28-16 win, started at DT, totaling four tackles (two solo) and a half-sack...(12/15) at Den.: During 17-16 primetime road victory, started at DT, recording three solo tackles...In second quarter, hit QB Case Keenum when releasing pass to help cause DB Jabrill Peppers’ interception in end zone that halted Denver scoring threat...Helped limit Broncos to 32 rushing yards on 20 attempts (1.6 avg.)...(12/30) at Bal.: Started at DT, posting three tackles (one solo) and one forced fumble, his first career.
2017: Played in 14 games, posting 32 tackles (17 solo) and one sack...Started first career game at DT in Week 14 (vs. GB, 12/10)...(9/10) vs. Pit: In NFL debut, recorded four tackles (two solo)…(12/24) at Chi: Posted four tackles (three solo), two tackles for loss and one sack...In third quarter, dropped Mitchell Trubisky for first career sack.
First player drafted into the NFL from Charlotte…Started all 46 games played…Amassed 217 tackles, 49 tackles for loss, 13 sacks…Member of Charlotte’s first class of football recruits, became the school’s all-time leader in tackles, tackles for loss and sacks…Set the school’s single-season record for TFL in 2015 (14.5) and sacks in 2014 (five)…Named to the Athletic Director’s List and Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll from 2012-15…First-team All-Conference USA selection in 2016…First player in 49ers’ history to participate in NFL Combine and Reese’s Senior Bowl…Named to watch lists of national awards such as the Bednarik Award for the nation’s top defender and the Outland Trophy for the nation’s top interior lineman…Totaled 65 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and three sacks as a senior…Second-team All-Conference USA honoree in 2015, notching 62 tackles, 2.5 sacks and a career-high 14.5 tackles for loss…Tallied 48 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss and a career-high five sacks as a sophomore in 2014…Tied for the team-lead with 9.5 tackles for loss, adding 42 tackles and 2.5 sacks…Double majored in computer science and biology.
Given name is Olumide Larry Ogunjobi…Goes by Larry…Named after his father, Larry Sr…Last name pronounced OH-gun-JOE-bee…Native of Charlotte, N.C…Parents, Larry and Mercy Ogunjobi, immigrated from Nigeria…A biology and computer science major, was interested in a pre-med track and ultimately cancer research and treatment, inspired after his grandfather lost a battle with prostate cancer.
High School: Attended Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, N.C…Named first-team all-conference his junior and senior year…Named to first-team all-area and Most Outstanding Defensive Lineman in 2011…Helped Ragdale earn back-to-back conference championships.
Community Involvement: Volunteered for numerous First and Ten Tuesday events, including visits to elementary schools, University Hospitals and the Greater Cleveland Food Bank…Participated in a number of youth football camps and high school field ground breakings throughout the Cleveland area…Hosted ‘Christmas with Larry Ogunjobi’ for Cleveland youth…Participated in My Cause My Cleats to raise money for the American Heart Association.
Hobbies/Interests: Fascinated by and is interested in visiting space, listing Interstellar as his favorite movie…Taught himself how to play the piano, noting he can play Mozart and Beethoven…Has read the Bible front to back seven times.
