Azeez Ojulari

Originally a 2nd-round (50th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2021.

TRANSACTIONS:

• Originally a 2nd-round (50th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2021.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Ojulari played in 27 games with 23 starts in three seasons at Georgia… His totals included 71 tackles (41 solo), 19.5 tackles for loss, 14.0 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one pass defensed.
• As a redshirt sophomore in 2020, Ojulari started all 10 of Georgia's games…Semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, which goes to the nation's top defensive player...Voted All-SEC 2nd Team by the league's head coaches and the AP…Finished with 31 tackles (22 solo)…Led the SEC with 12.5 stops for loss, 8.5 sacks and 4 forced fumbles…Had 6.5 sacks in the final 6 games…His 35 quarterback pressures were 11 more than any of his teammates had...Defensive MVP of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, where he had 4 solo tackles in the Bulldogs' win vs. Cincinnati, including a career-best 3.0 sacks…Two of those sacks resulted in fumbles, the first recovered by UGA and the second ended the game with a safety…Posted 1.5 sacks at Kentucky…Collected 5 tackles, including a season-high 4 solo stops., vs. Florida…Named SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after recording 4 tackles (2 solo), including a sack on which he forced and recovered a fumble vs. Tennessee…Had 5 tackles (3 solo), a sack for an 8-yard loss, a career-high 3 stops for loss and 5 pressures vs. Auburn…Elected to skip his final 2 seasons of eligibility and enter the 2021 NFL Draft.
• In 2019, played in 14 games with 13 starts…Finished with a career-high 36 tackles (16 solo), including 6 tackles for loss and team-high totals of 5.5 sacks and 34 quarterback pressures...Tallied a career-high 6 tackles vs. both Vanderbilt and South Carolina…Had a career-best 10 pressures vs. Tennessee…Registered 5 tackles in the Sugar Bowl win vs. Baylor, included a 3rd-quarter sack and forced fumble on 4th down...Had 5 tackles, including a sack and 3 pressures, vs. Florida...Assisted on sacks in both Murray State and Arkansas State games.
• In 2018, redshirted and played in three games…Had one tackle for loss vs. Middle Tennessee State in his first collegiate action…Also played in the 4th quarter vs. Georgia Tech...Had 3 tackles in extensive action vs. Texas in the Sugar Bowl.

PERSONAL:

• Name is pronounced (ah-ZEEZ) (Oju-LAHR-ee)…Named to the 2020 SEC Community Service Team…Son of Nigerian immigrants…Born in Austell, Ga., Ojulari began playing football at age 9…Lettered in football and basketball at Marietta (Ga.) High School, spending four varsity seasons as a pass rusher and tight end. As a senior in 2017, led Marietta to the semifinals of the 7A state playoffs and contributed 118 tackles, 31.0 tackles for loss and 11.0 sacks before suffering a torn ACL in November…In his junior season, recorded 103 tackles, 17.0 tackles for loss and 8.0 sacks…His maternal grandfather (Prince Twins Seven-Seven) was a Nigerian prince (descendent of an Ibadan king) and accomplished African artist, who passed away in 2011…Mother (Bolanle) and father (Monsuru) are Nigerian natives who met in the mid-1990s after moving to Philadelphia, married and settled down in the Atlanta area….Younger brother BJ is a pass rusher at LSU.