Oli Udoh

• Made his NFL debut vs. Chicago on 12/29/19 at RT.

• Interested in pursuing career in medicine like his parents following his football career.

OFF THE FIELD

• Donated 500 meals to workers at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center as they worked around the clock to treat Coronavirus patients.

• Name is pronounced OH-lee-suh-MEE-kah OO-doh, translates to "God is good."

• Earned degree in exercise science in spring 2018, playing final season at Elon as a graduate.

• Parents, Benjamin and Rita, are a doctor and nurse in their own medical practice, Hanora Medical Center in Fayetteville.

• Both parents were born in Nigeria, and the family regularly visits relatives there.

• Sister Ona was a starter on the Wake Forest WBB team, playing her final season in 2019-20.

• Younger brother, Ezemdi, is on the football team at North Carolina State, entering his 1st season in 2020.

• Made his NFL debut vs. Chicago on 12/29/19 at RT.

• Interested in pursuing career in medicine like his parents following his football career.

OFF THE FIELD

• Donated 500 meals to workers at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center as they worked around the clock to treat Coronavirus patients.

• Name is pronounced OH-lee-suh-MEE-kah OO-doh, translates to "God is good."

• Earned degree in exercise science in spring 2018, playing final season at Elon as a graduate.

• Parents, Benjamin and Rita, are a doctor and nurse in their own medical practice, Hanora Medical Center in Fayetteville.

• Both parents were born in Nigeria, and the family regularly visits relatives there.

• Sister Ona was a starter on the Wake Forest WBB team, playing her final season in 2019-20.

• Younger brother, Ezemdi, is on the football team at North Carolina State, entering his 1st season in 2020.

PRO

• Selected in the 6th round (#193) in the 2019 NFL Draft.

• The 2nd Elon player drafted by the Vikings.

• Is the highest-drafted Elon player since RB Jimmy Smith by Washington in 1984 (4th Rd., #102).

2020: MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Played in season-opener vs. Green Bay (9/13), at Indianapolis (9/20), vs. Tennessee (9/27), at Chicago (11/16), vs. Dallas (11/22), vs. Carolina (11/29) and in season finale at Detroit (1/3/21).

• Inactive at Houston (10/4), at Seattle (10/11), at Green Bay (11/1), vs. Detroit (11/8), vs. Jacksonville (12/6), at Tampa Bay (12/13).  

• Did not play at New Orleans (12/25).

2019: MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Made his NFL debut vs. Chicago (12/29), playing at RT when most starters were held out of the game.

• Inactive Weeks 1-16.

• Inactive in the Divisional game at San Francisco (1/11/20) and the Wild Card game at New Orleans (1/5).

COLLEGE

• Started 45 consecutive games after redshirting in 2014.

• As a redshirt senior in 2018, earned a Phil Steele FCS 1st-Team All-America honors after the season.

• Earned an invite to the NFL Combine, Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine game.

• A 1st-Team All-Colonial Athletic Association pick as a senior.

• Elon averaged 199.5 yards per game on the ground to finish 2nd in the CAA in 2018.

• Helped Elon to a 8-4 record in 2017 and a berth in the FCS Playoffs and went 6-5 as a senior with a playoff berth.

• Helped team rebound from a 2-9 mark as a sophomore to earn consecutive playoff berths as a junior and senior.

PREP

• A 2nd-Team Cape Fear Region honoree as a senior.

• Helped program to state playoffs in 2012 and 2013.

• Was a NCHSAA student-athlete honoree in 2012 and 2013.

• An A/AB honor roll student.

• Played 1 season of offensive line as a senior; played DL as sophomore and junior.