CJ Ogbonna
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| High school | Wheeler (Marietta, Georgia) |
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| Born: | June 27, 2001 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
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CJ Ogbonna (born June 27, 2001) is an American football quarterback. He previously played for the Hutchinson Blue Dragons, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks and the Buffalo Bulls.
Early life
Ogbonna was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but grew up in Marietta, Georgia where he attended Wheeler High School. In his high school career, Ogbonna completed 180 of his 316 pass attempts for 2,770 yards and 32 touchdowns, to 6 interceptions. Additionally, Ogbonna would also go on to rush for 88 yards and 2 touchdowns.[1]
Ogbonna was an unranked recruit coming out of high school, and received no scholarship offers from any NCAA Division I school. Ogbonna chose to play at the junior college (JUCO) level for Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas.[2]
College career
Hutchinson Community College
Ogbonna did not see any action in his freshman season in 2019. In 2020, NJCAA sports were postponed until the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2020-2021 season for Hutchinson, he was the starting quarterback and played in 6 of the teams 8 games (missing two due to an injury.)[3] He completed 57 of 92 passing attempts while recording 736 passing yards, 8 touchdowns and 2 interceptions[4]. At the end of his sophomore season, Hutchinson was down 21-10 to Snow College in the NJCAA National Football Championship when he entered the game with under 5 minutes in the 3rd quarter and Hutchinson won the game 29-27 with Ogbonna going 5-5 on passing attempts with 128 passing yards. It was Hutchinson's first NJCAA title.[3] Ogbonna decided to transfer to Southeast Missouri State shortly after the season, and because his JUCO season took place in the spring, he was still eligible to play for the Redhawks in the coming fall season.
Southeast Missouri State
On June 27, 2021, he announced on social media that he'd be joining the Redhawks. He chose the Redhawks over Mississippi Valley State, Saint Francis, and Idaho State. He started all 11 games for the team in the 2021 season and completed 111 of his 220 passes for 1,521 passing yards and 12 passing touchdowns, to 8 interceptions. Ogbonna also ran for 357 yards including 3 rushing touchdowns.[5] Despite Ogbonna being named to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team,[5] the Redhawks still finished the season at a disappointing 4-7. For the 2022 season, Ogbonna was replaced and saw limited action. After the 2022 season, Ogbonna decided to enter the transfer portal, and on January 16, 2023, he committed to play for Buffalo.[6]
Buffalo
In Ogbonna's first season at Buffalo he sat behind Cole Snyder and was used as a change of pace quarterback with the threat of running. In the 2023 season, he recorded 214 rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns.[7] Ogbonna became the starting quarterback for the 2024 season Buffalo to a 9 win season a bowl win, making it Buffalo's second season above 8 wins since joining NCAA Division I football. The season ended with a 26-7 blowout of Liberty in the 2025 Bahamas Bowl where Ogbonna threw for 137 yards and ran for 32 yards. He finished the season with 190 completions on 336 attempts, 2,381 passing yards, 19 passing touchdowns, to 5 interceptions; while rushing for 343 yards on 123 attempts and scoring a career best 8 rushing touchdowns.[7]
After first announcing he would be transferring on January 8, 2025[8], just weeks later on January 27, 2025, Ogbonna announced that he would be declaring for the 2025 NFL draft.
College statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Hutchinson Blue Dragons (JUCO) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | |
| 2020-21 | 6 | 5 | 5−0 | 57 | 92 | 62.0 | 736 | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 151.3 | 29 | 94 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 4-7 | 111 | 220 | 50.5 | 1,521 | 6.9 | 12 | 8 | 119.3 | 94 | 357 | 3.8 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | — | 2 | 9 | 22.2 | 6 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 27.8 | 16 | 52 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bulls | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 87 | 4.1 | 1 | 2 | 69.6 | 51 | 214 | 4.2 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 9-4 | 190 | 336 | 56.5 | 2,381 | 7.1 | 19 | 5 | 131.8 | 123 | 343 | 2.8 | 8 | |
| NCAA Career[7] | 39 | 24 | 13-11 | 311 | 586 | 53.1 | 3,995 | 6.8 | 32 | 15 | 123.2 | 284 | 966 | 3.4 | 14 | |
References
- ↑ "CJ Ogbonna' Wheeler High School Football Stats". MaxPreps.com. 21 October 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ↑ "CJ Ogbonna, Wheeler". 247sports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Watson, Billy (June 5, 2021). "Hutchinson Blue Dragons win first NJCAA national championship in comeback fashion over Snow College". hutchnews.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ↑ "CJ Ogbonna Player Profile". bluedragonsports.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "CJ Ogbonna Southeast Missouri State Bio". Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ↑ "Buffalo 2023 Football Commits". 247sports.com. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "C.J. Ogbonna Career Stats". espn.com. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ↑ Acosta, Jonathan (8 January 2025). "CJ Ogbonna enters the transfer portal after UB football bowl victory". wgrz.com. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
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