Honors
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Spring 2025, Fall 2025
2025
Started the first 12 games of the season before opting out of the Xbox Bowl game vs. Arkansas State (12/18/25) in Frisco ... Named to Phil Steele All-CUSA fourth team ... Part of an o-line unit that helped the Bears' offense average 392.2 yards per game in its first FBS season, including 279.7 passing yards per game, while leading Conference USA in pass efficiency (151.59) and yards per play (5.98)... Â Named to MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2025 semester.
Delaware State
2024: Played in 12 games his sophomore season at FCS Delaware State ... Helped coach Lee Hull’s Hornets average 309.3 yards per game ...
2023: Saw action in three games as a true freshman in 2023 to earn a redshirt season ... Made his collegiate debut vs. Army West Point (9/9/23).
High School
Prepped at Paul Lawrence Dunbar High in Baltimore where he helped lead the Poets to a 14-0 record and 2A/1A state title his senior year (2022) ... Credited with 24 pancake blocks while earning first-team all-state, all-metro and all-region distinction ... On the defensive side of the ball, he racked up 58 tackles, 5.0 sacks, 5 pass breakups and a pair of forced fumbles ... Earned Baltimore Touchdown Club and Crab Bowl selection accolades ... Starter for a 13-0 state championship season his junior season at Dunbar while earning all-metro honors ... Finished career with 121 career pancake blocks.
Personal
Ebubedike Izumanachi Nnabugwu was born 10/21/04 in Baltimore, Md. ... Son of Dike and Stella Nnabugwu ... Has two brothers, Jordan and Obinnadike, and four sisters, Adadike, Nneka, Chiamaka and Obiutodike ... Majoring in Management and Leadership.
