TRANSACTIONS: Activated from Physically Unable to Perform list (11/5/18)...placed on Physically Unable to Perform list (7/24/18)... selected by the Rams in the fifth round (160th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft (4/28/18).
2018 SEASON: Declared inactive for the final seven regular season games and three postseason contests after being on the PUP list for the first nine games of rookie season.Â
COLLEGE: Recorded 21.0 career sacks to rank second in Oklahoma University history by a linebacker and tied for seventh overall...as a senior in 2017, named first team All-American (Walter Camp)...second-team All-American (AP, FWAA, Sporting News)...semifinalist for the Bednarik Award, Butkus Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy...named the co-Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Big 12 by the league's coaches... started all 14 games...ranked second in Big 12 with 17.5 tackles for loss and third with 8.0 sacks...finished third on team with 76 tackles...in 2016 as a junior, Named second-team All-Big 12 by league's coaches and AP...registered 9.0 sacks which was tied for the most in OU single-season history by a linebacker and were third most in Big 12 overall on year...led squad and tied for fifth in Big 12 with 12.0 tackles for loss, resulting in a total loss of 62 yards...as a sophomore in 2015, played in nine games...registered nine total tackles...added 2.0 sacks resulting in 12 yards lost... appeared in 11 games as a redshirt freshman in 2014...tallied eight tackles (four solo stops)...posted 2.0 sacks resulting in 19 yards lost...redshirted in 2013.
PERSONAL: Pronounced o-BO-ny-uh o-kor-RON-kwo... graduated in December 2017 with a degree in African and African- American studies.