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| Position | Wide receiver |
| Class | Senior |
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| Born: | June 3, 2002 |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
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| High school | Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
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Rome Odunze (born June 3, 2002) is an American football wide receiver. He played college football at Washington, leaving as a consensus All-American and national champion runner-up in 2023.
High school career
Odunze attended Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] As a senior in 2019, he was the Gatorade Football Player of the Year for Nevada after recording 54 catches for 1,222 yards and 15 touchdowns.[2] For his career, he had 121 receptions for 2,699 yards and 31 touchdowns. Odunze committed to the University of Washington to play college football.[3][4]
College career
As a true freshman at Washington in 2020, Odunze played in all four games and had six receptions for 72 yards. As a sophomore in 2021, he started seven of nine games, recording 41 receptions for 415 yards and four touchdowns.[5][6] He returned to Washington as a starter in 2022.[7]
As a junior in 2022, Odunze led the team in receiving yards with 1,145, the fifth-most in single-season history for Washington. He also led the Pac-12 in receiving yards and was second in receptions per game.[8]
On September 30, 2023, Odunze recovered an onside kick from University of Arizona kicker Tyler Loop and absorbed a hit from safety Dalton Johnson. He revealed later that season that he had suffered a broken rib and punctured lung on the play then played with these ailments during the season.[9] Odunze declared for the 2024 NFL Draft following Washington's loss in the 2024 College Football Playoff National Championship.[10]
| Season | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Kick returns | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Ret | Yards | Avg | TD | |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 0 | 3 | -16 | -5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 415 | 10.1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8 | 75 | 1,145 | 15.3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | 81 | 1,428 | 18.3 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 1 | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 1 |
| Career[11] | 36 | 27 | 188 | 3,060 | 13.9 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 2 | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 1 |
References
- ↑ Notes: Wide receiver Rome Odunze breaks out for Bishop Gorman
- ↑ Bishop Gorman’s Rome Odunze named Gatorade player of year
- ↑ Rome Odunze, another prized four-star wideout, verbally commits to Washington
- ↑ Bishop Goman (Nev.) 4-star WR Rome Odunze commits to Washington
- ↑ The re-recruitment of Rome Odunze: ‘The only thing you’re going to see is success
- ↑ When adversity hit, rising UW Huskies wide receiver Rome Odunze hit back
- ↑ Time to Pull the Wraps Off Odunze and Let Him Flourish
- ↑ "Washington Huskies". Washington Huskies. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ↑ "How UW's Rome Odunze endured a broken rib, a punctured lung and a 23-hour drive to overcome Oregon". seattletimes.com. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
- ↑ Lantz, Shane. "UW football stars Rome Odunze and Dillon Johnson declare for NFL draft". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ↑ "Rome Odunze College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
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