Uchenna Nwosu

Signed by Seattle on March 16, 2022.

TRANSACTIONS:

04/27/18:  Drafted by L.A. Chargers (2nd round, 48th overall)
03/16/22: Signed by Seattle as UFA
10/26/23: Placed on IR (pec)
10/10/24: Placed on IR (thigh)
12/05/24: Activated from reserve

NFL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Started 11 of 16 games played, and two of three postseason games played, during Seattle's 2025 Super Bowl LX-winning season. Tied (Byron Murphy II, Leonard Williams) for the team-lead with 7.0 sacks. Seattle was one of two teams with three players with at least 7.0 sacks each. Returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown in the Super Bowl to seal the victory.

• Returning from thigh injury suffered in 2023, 2024 season was limited to six games and two starts.

• Was named the Seahawks 2024 nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.

• Tied career-high with 2.0 sacks and forced second fumble of 2023 at the N.Y. Giants (9/24/23). Part of defensive unit that set a franchise record with 11.0 sacks at New York. It was the sixth time since sacks became an official stat in 1982 that a team had four players with 2.0 sacks each in a single game. Season was cut short to six games due to injury (pec).

• In his first season with Seattle in 2022, led team with career-high 26 quarterback hits (T9th NFL) and tied (Darrell Taylor) for team-lead with career-high 9.5 sacks.

• Earned NFC Defensive Player of the Week 1 honors after posting seven tackles (three solo), 1.0 sack, two quarterback hits, one pass defensed, and forced a fumble at Seattle's 1-yard line vs. Denver (9/12/22). Was part of a defense that held Denver without a touchdown on three different possessions inside their own 10-yard line.

• Had a career-year in 2021, starting 15 of 17 games played for the Chargers. Set career-highs with 39 tackles (24 solo), 5.0 sacks, eight tackles for loss, one interception, four passes defensed, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and 17 quarterback hits.

• Was named the Chargers Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award nominee in 2019.

HONORS: 2022: NFC Defensive Player of the Week 1.

COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2014-17) at Southern California, playing 52 career games with 28 starts. Recorded 168 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks, 20 passes defensed, one interception, a forced fumble and a recovery. Named first-team All-Pacific-12 by The Associated Press and the Pac-12 coaches before being invited to the Reese's Senior Bowl after his senior campaign. Also recognized as a first-team All-American by Sports On Earth. In 2017 as a senior, started all 14 games while posting career highs with 75 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks. Added 13 passes defensed, an interception and a fumble recovery. With 13 deflections, set the most in a single season by a Trojan since 2003. Named Southern California's Co-Most Valuable player and Co-Lifter of the Year as a senior. As a junior, named the team's John McKay Award winner, which is given annually to the Trojan underclassman with the most competitive spirit.

PERSONAL: Played at Narbonne High in Harbor City, Calif., earning PrepStar All-West and first-team All-L.A. City Division I honors. Named first-team All-South Bay by the South Bay Daily Breeze and first-team All-Marine League as a senior in 2013. Closed out his senior campaign with 121 tackles, three interceptions, 12 passes defensed, a forced fumble and a recovery. Lettered three years in football and four in basketball, becoming a starter on the basketball team as a sophomore. Given name is Anon Uchenna Nwosu Jr. of Nigerian descent. Family friends with former All-Pro CB Nnamdi Asomugha. Active in personal and L.A. Chargers community initiatives, earning recognition for his efforts on and off the field in the 2019 season from the Los Angeles Sports Council as the Mayor's Community Athlete of the Year. Earned a degree in political science from Southern California.