• 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.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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).
• Made his NFL debut vs. Chicago (12/29), playing at RT when most starters were held out of the game.
• Inactive in the Divisional game at San Francisco (1/11/20) and the Wild Card game at New Orleans (1/5).
• 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.
• 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.
