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BJ Ojulari

OLB

#9

Experience: 2 years

Height: 6-2

Weight: 256 lbs

College: LSU

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WK OPP RESULT TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON TEAM G GS TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
2023 Arizona Cardinals 17 0 23 17 40 19 4 0 1 0
TOTAL 17 0 23 17 40 19 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Biography

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  • Last name pronounced "oh-joo-LARR-ee." Full name is Jamiu Bolaji Ojulari.
  • Selected by the Cardinals in the second round (41st overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft out of LSU. Was selected nine picks earlier than his brother - Giants LB Azeez Ojulari - was taken by New York in the second round (50th overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft.
  • Member of a Cardinals rookie class that led the NFL in total offensive/defensive snaps (4,654) by rookies and total starts (64) by rookies. Was also one of an NFL-high 11 rookies who started for the Cards in '23.
  • Joined RT Paris Johnson Jr. as the only rookies to play all 17 games for Arizona in 2023. Finished the year with 40 tackles, 4.0 sacks, six QB hits, five tackles for loss and a pass defensed.
  • Only six rookies in franchise history had more sacks in a season and his 4.0 sacks were the most for Cards rookie since Markus Golden (4.0) in 2016.
  • In the Week 10 win over the Falcons, totaled eight tackles, 2.0 sacks, two QB hits and two tackles for loss. His 2.0 sacks tied the franchise single-game record for a rookie.
  • After totaling six tackles in his first seven games, had 35 tackles, 4.0 sacks, five tackles for loss, six QB hits and a pass defensed in the final 10 games.
  • Is a descendant of Nigerian royalty. His maternal grandfather was Olaniyi Osuntoki, who later changed his name to Prince Twins Seven-Seven (he was the sole survivor of his parents' seven sets of twins). A world-renowned artist, singer and dancer, Seven Seven had multiple hit records as a musician and his artwork was featured in the National Museum of African American Art at the Smithsonian. In the late 1890s, Prince Twins Seven-Sevens' grandfather was the King of Ibadan, a city in southwestern Nigeria.

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