University of Massachusets Athletics

2022 Football Roster

Uchenna Ezewike
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Jersey Number 52

Uchenna Ezewike

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    255
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Miramar, Fla.
  • High School:
    Stranahan

2023 • Redshirt Senior


• Competed in nine games, registering 14 tackles (four solo, 10 assisted), one tackle for loss, a sack and a QB hurry
• Matched a career-high six total tackles vs. Arkansas State (9/30), including a season-high two solo
• Had one solo tackle in back-to-back games - vs. Merrimack (11/4); at Liberty (11/18)
• Recorded a TFL and sack for three yards vs. Merrimack (11/4)
• Posted a QB hurry vs. New Mexico (9/23)



2022 • Redshirt Junior

• Ezewike appeared in 11 games in the 2022 season recording 12 tackles (eight solo, four assisted), 3.0 TFL (nine yards), 2.0 sacks (seven yards), one QBH and one pass break up
• Had one solo tackle and 1.0 TFL (two yards) against Toledo (9/10)
• Had two solo tackles, 1.0 TFL (seven yards) and one sack (seven yards) against Stony Brook (9/17)
• Had one solo tackle against Temple (9/24)
• Had one solo tackle against Liberty (10/8)
• Had one solo tackle and one QBH against Buffalo (10/15)
• Had four tackles (one solo, three assisted), 1.0 TFL and one sack against UConn (11/4)
• Had one pass break up against Arkansas State (11/12)
• Had two tackles (one solo, one assisted) against Army West Point (11/26)


2021 • Redshirt Sophomore

Appeared in all 12 games, totaling 25 tackles, including eight solo
 Tied a career-high with five tackles and a fumble recovery against Boston College (09/11)
Piled up five tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and one fumble recovery
Added one QB hurry and a pass breakup
• Posted five tackles, including 1.5 TFLs vs. Eastern Michigan (09/18)
• Had one tackle at No. 17 Coastal Carolina (09/25)
• Recorded one tackle vs. Toledo (10/02)
• Logged a 10-yard TFL vs. UConn (10/9)
• Had one tackle and an assisted TFL at Liberty (10/30)
• Made one tackle vs. Rhode Island (11/6)
Registered six takedowns, three solo and three assisted, and 1.5 tackle for loss at New Mexico State (11/27)


2020 • Redshirt Sophomore

Played in all four games, including one start, at defensive end
Posted 13 tackles, 4.5 TFLs, 1.0 sacks, and a forced fumble on the year
Earned three tackles, including a TFL, at No. 16 Marshall (11/7)
Secured five takedowns, including 2.5 TFLs for 12 yards lost (1.0 sacks), and forced a fumble at FAU (11/20)
Capped the year with 1.0 TFLs among three total takedowns at Liberty (11/27)


2019 • Sophomore

Appeared in two games on the season as a reserve defensive lineman
Made two tackles, including a three-yard sack
Both tackles came in the win over Akron (9/28)


2018 • Freshman


Redshirted the season
Did not compete


Before Massachusetts

Three-star recruit according to 247Sports and Rivals
Ranked by the Sun Sentinel as one of the top 50 football recruits in talent-rich Broward County for the Class of 2018
Played for Tally Adams at Stranahan High School
2025 Massachusetts Football - Week 3 (Iowa) Monday Press Conference
Monday, September 08
UMass FB | Joe Harasymiak Post Game Press Conference vs Bryant | 09.06.25
Saturday, September 06
2025 Massachusetts Football - Week 2 (Bryant) Monday Press Conference
Monday, September 01
UMass FB | Jacquon Gibson Postgame Press Conference vs. Temple | 08.30.25
Saturday, August 30