Colorado University Athletics
Chidobe Awuzie Bio
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HIGH SCHOOL?He earned PrepStar All- West Region honors as a senior, when he also garnered SuperPrep preseason All-Far West honors (ranked as the No. 146 player in the California-HawaiGÇÖi-Nevada region).? He was a first-team All-Area performer on defense as selected by the San Jose Mercury-News, while the Contra-Costa Times selected him to its GÇ£Cream of the CropGÇ¥ team, ranking him No. 13 of the 20 players on its list.? He was selected as the Blossom Valley Athletic League Mount Hamilton Division Senior of the Year. ?He earned first-team All-League honors as a junior and senior, and was Oak GroveGÇÖs Underclassmen of the Year.? As a senior, he rushed for 1,285 yards on 138 attempts (9.3 per), scoring 14 touchdowns with a long run of 67 yards (he had six 100-yard and two 200-yard games); he caught 18 passes for 487 yards and seven scores with a long of 84 (two 100-yard games).? He was third in his league in rushing and first in scoring (128 points on 21 TDs and a 2-point conversion).? He also completed his only passing attempt for 38 yards, returned five punts for 60 yards and five kickoffs for 113 yards.? On defense playing cornerback, he racked up 69 tackles (25 solo, three for losses), with four interceptions, returning two for touchdowns, 12 pass deflections, four blocked kicks and two forced fumbles.? As a junior, he gained 249 yards on 23 carries, scoring three times, while catching 13 balls for 211 yards and four TDs; he had 58 tackles playing free safety on defense, with five blocked kicks, an interception, and a fumble recovery which he returned 80 yards for a touchdown.? He was called up to the varsity late in his sophomore season for the stretch run.? A speedster off the corner as evidenced by 10 blocked kicks in his prep career (five punt, three field goal and two PAT kicks).? Top games as a senior: in a 49-20 win over Sobrato, he had 13 rushes for 203 yard and three touchdowns, with seven tackles, an interception, forced fumble and a blocked field goal on defense; in a 42-20 win over Santa Teresa, he accomplished the rare on any level, the 100 double-double, with 158 yards rushing (16 attempts) and 101 receiving (three catches), scoring a combined four touchdowns; and in a 49-35 win over Leland, he had a career-high 205 rushing yards (17 carries, 2 TD), with a season/career-high nine tackles and an interception.? Top games as a junior: in a 42-37 win over Pioneer, he had four rushes for 98 yards and two touchdowns, two receptions for 24 yards and a third score and six tackles on defense; and in a 28-0 win over Independence, he had a season-high nine tackles with a fumble recovery which he returned 80 yards.? Under Coach Jay Braun, Oak Grove was 10-1 his senior year and 9-2 his junior season, going undefeated (7-0) both years in claiming back-to-back BVAL Mount Hamilton Division titles; OGHS was 8-3 his sophomore year, 2-1 after his call up.? He also lettered three times, his freshman through junior years in basketball, and as a junior in track (sprints, jumps and relays); he owns career bests of 21.7 in the 200-meter dash and 22-1 in the long jump.?
ACADEMICS?He is undecided on his major at Colorado.? He was selected as the Santa Clara CountyGÇÖs National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (Northern California Chapter) his senior year, as he owned a grade point average of 3.13.
PERSONAL?He was born May 24,
1995 in San Jose, Calif.? His hobbies including playing basketball,
ping pong and writing/singing rap-poetry songs.? Active in
community service in such areas as trash pickup, he has also
volunteered at an area shelter, working with the homeless and
indigent.? While not related, his godmotherGÇÖs nephew is Nnamdi
Asomugha, a longtime NFL cornerback with Oakland and Philadelphia
who played his college ball at Cal-Berkeley. ????
(Name is pronounced chih-doe-beh
ah-wuzz-yeh)