2022 WorldWide Rams Draft Profile: David Ojabo | Michigan | EDGE

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Player Bio: David Ojabo Nigerian native, moved to Aberdeen, Scotland, before settling in the United States. He would attend the Blair Academy located in Blairstown, NJ. He enrolled at Blair Academy in his sophomore year and played soccer and basketball before exploring football. Ojabo became a two-year starter recording 35 tackles, six sacks, and two forced fumbles, playing in seven games as a junior, his first season playing organized football. Ojabo registered 33 tackles, 8.5 sacks, eight tackles for loss, and one forced fumble in his senior year. He garnered the 2018 Mid-Atlantic Prep League All-Conference First-Team, and 2017 MAPL All-Conference Second-Team. Ojabo also participated in track, as he won the 2018 prep state title in the 100-meter dash with a personal-best time of 10.93 seconds.

ACCOLADES
2022 NFL Combine Participant
2021 All-Big Ten First-Team
2021 AP All-American Second-Team
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-American Second-Team
2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District 5
2021 Academic All-Big Ten
2020 Academic All-Big Ten

DAVID OJABO
EDGE
HOMETOWN                 |           CLASS
ABERDEEN, SCT          |           JUNIOR  
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DRAFT YR:  2022              COMBINE INVITE: YES

​HEIGHT                    WEIGHT                    ARMS
 6' 4"                250 lbs            32 ½"

HANDS                   PROJECTED 40-TIME            DRAFT GRADE
  9"                           4.65                        6.39

SCHOOL:  MICHIGAN                                   |                    CONFERENCE: BIG TEN
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COMBINE RESULTS
40 YD DASH     |     BENCH PRESS     |     VERTICAL JUMP     |     BROAD JUMP     |     3 CONE DRILL     |     20 YD SHUTTLE    
​       4.55         |              DNP             |               35”             |            122”          |             DNP             |              4.45                     
 
​PRO DAY RESULTS
40 YD DASH     |     BENCH PRESS     |     VERTICAL JUMP     |     BROAD JUMP     |     3 CONE DRILL     |     20 YD SHUTTLE    
​       DNP         |               DNP            |               DNP             |             DNP         |              DNP            |              DNP​​​

GAME FILM
#55 DAVID OJABO VS WISCONSIN (2021)

• Strengths
• He is cerebral with ideal size, frame, power, length, versatile, and explosively fast.
• He plays with a high motor; he has a profound burst of speed off the EDGE as a pass rusher.
• He will crash the inside gaps and demonstrate an excellent burst to the quarterback.
• A combination of strength and speed allows him to have the speed-to-power rush capability.
• He will set up the pass protector and use his speed around the arc to blow up the EDGE.
• He uses a variety of moves, dips underneath, and flashes his hands to counter the blocker protection.
• He has excellent instincts, always striping at the ball and causing turnovers.
• He is agile and can go sideline-to-sideline to make plays.
• His versatility will allow playing in 4-3 or 3-4 defenses.

Weaknesses

• He is still raw, still capable of putting more skills together to the game he played for just a little over five years.
• He struggles at times to disengage from blocks and will get redirected.
• He does not navigate well through traffic and will over pursue from the backside.
• He was a first-round grade prior to tearing his Achilles tendon at Michigan's pro-day.
• He probably should take time to refine his hand placements and pass-rushing moves.

Draft Projection: 2nd - 4th Round

NFL Comparison: Chandler Jones (Las Vegas Raiders)

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