Missouri State

2022
Played in all 11 games in his third season with the Bears ... Finished season with 34 total stops, including 8 solo tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss ... Posted season-high 6 tackles at UNI (10/22/22) ... Brought down 5 ball carriers in back-to-back games at Arkansas (9/17/22) and vs. South Dakota St. (9/24/22) ... Also recovered a fumble at No. 10 Arkansas ... Also had 5 stops with 2 solo stops vs. Southern Illinois (10/8/22) ... Broke up a pass at North Dakota (10/1/22) ... Had a solo tackle for loss in win over Youngstown State (11/12/22) ... Finished season with 3 tackles in win at Indiana State (11/19/22) with a QB hurry and a half TFL.

2021
Played in 8 games with 7 straight starts to begin his second season at Missouri State ... Finished the year with 23 total tackles, 1.5 for loss and a half sack ... Brought down season-high 5 ball carriers and a blocked kick in win over South Dakota (9/25/21) with 4 assisted stops ... Also racked up 4 tackles at North Dakota State (10/23/21) with a half sack ... Credited with a QB hurry in win at Illinois State (10/2/21) ... Had multiple tackles in all 8 appearances.

2020-21
Started all 10 games at defensive tackle in his first season with Bears ... Brought down a season-high 4 ball carriers in win over No. 10 Southern Illinois (3/27/21) with a pair of solo stops and a sack ... Also had 4 total tackles and a pair of solos in win at Western Illinois (2/27/21) ... Credited with a pair of solos and 3 total tackles vs. North Dakota State (3/6/21) ... Posted a half sack and 2 assisted tackles in debut at Oklahoma (9/12/20).

Cerritos (Calif.) College
Was starting defensive tackle for a 7-4 team at Cerritos (Calif.) College in 2019 … Recorded 50 total tackles for coach Dean Grosfeld’s Falcons his sophomore season, including 13 solo stops, 7.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in 11 appearances … Brought down 10 ball carriers at Long Beach (10/5/19) and posted 4 solo stops and 9 total tackles in road win at El Camino (11/16/19) … Also earned honorable mention all-conference distinction in 2019 … As a freshman, he appeared in all 11 games and finished with 19 tackles and 1.5 quarterback sacks … Recorded a season-high 10 stops against El Camino College (11/10/18), along with a sack, while he had 3 total tackles and a sack against College of the Canyons (9/22/18).
 
High School
Named first team All-CIF as a senior defensive tackle at Richard Gahr High in Cerritos, Calif. … Also earned all-city and first-team All-San Gabriel Valley League in 2017 … Posted 58 tackles, 10.5 sacks and 7 forced fumbles for an 8-3 team under coach Greg Marshall as a senior … Accounted for 16 tackles and 3.5 sacks his junior season … Also spent two seasons on the Gladiators track and field team at Gahr.
 
Personal
Ikenna Kelechi Ahumibe was born 8/8/00 in Los Alamitos, Calif. … Son of the late Benson Ahumibe and Grace Ahumibe of Cerritos, Calif. … Has a sister, Ogechi, and two brothers, Ugochukwu and Obialo … Majoring in General Studies.