2024 Football Roster
Roster
Ogbonna, C.J.

Jersey Number 7
C.J. Ogbonna
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, GA
- High School:
- Wheeler
- Major:
- Communication
Bio
Senior (2024): Started all 13 games… threw for 2,381 yards and 19 touchdowns on the season as well as rushed for 343 yards and eight scores… his 19 touchdown passes rank fifth in program history for a single season… named Academic All-MAC and Academic All-District... threw for 195 yards and two touchdowns against Lafayette (8/29)… threw for 185 yards and a touchdown and rushed for another score against UMass (9/14)… threw for 237 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 26 yards two touchdowns against Toledo (10/12)… threw for a season-high 309 yards and two touchdowns against Western Michigan (10/19)… threw for 257 yards, on a season-high 24 completions, and a touchdown at Ohio (10/26)… threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns and added a season-best 63 yards rushing and a score at Akron (11/2)… threw for 264 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 55 yards and two scores against Ball State (11/12)… threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns at Eastern Michigan (11/20)… threw for 193 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 51 yards and two touchdowns against Kent State (11/26)... threw for 137 yards and rushed for 32 yards against Liberty in the Bahamas Bowl.
Junior (2023): Appeared in eight games... rushed for 214 yards on 51 carries and three touchdowns... threw for 87 yards and a touchdown... rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown at Louisiana (9/23)... threw for 41 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 29 yards against Bowling Green (10/14)... rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown against Ohio (11/7)... rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown at Miami (OH) 11/15)... threw for 39 yards and rushed for 43 yards against Eastern Michigan (11/21).
Previous School: Dual-threat quarterback who is a graduate transfer from Southeast Missouri State... had his best season in 2021 when he started all 11 games and threw for 1,521 yards and 12 touchdowns and ran for 357 yards and another three scores... named to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team... began his career at Hutchinson Community College where he spent two seasons and helped the Blue Dragons to the NJCAA National Championship in 2020... a graduate of Wheeler High School in Georgia where he threw for 2,280 yards and 28 touchdowns as a senior.
Junior (2023): Appeared in eight games... rushed for 214 yards on 51 carries and three touchdowns... threw for 87 yards and a touchdown... rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown at Louisiana (9/23)... threw for 41 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 29 yards against Bowling Green (10/14)... rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown against Ohio (11/7)... rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown at Miami (OH) 11/15)... threw for 39 yards and rushed for 43 yards against Eastern Michigan (11/21).
Previous School: Dual-threat quarterback who is a graduate transfer from Southeast Missouri State... had his best season in 2021 when he started all 11 games and threw for 1,521 yards and 12 touchdowns and ran for 357 yards and another three scores... named to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team... began his career at Hutchinson Community College where he spent two seasons and helped the Blue Dragons to the NJCAA National Championship in 2020... a graduate of Wheeler High School in Georgia where he threw for 2,280 yards and 28 touchdowns as a senior.
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