Azeez Ojulari

BIOGRAPHY

Azeez Ojulari was born June 16, 2000, in Austell, Georgia. He is an outside linebacker in the NFL.

Ojulari attended Marietta High School in Marietta, Georgia. As a senior, he had 118 tackles and 11 sacks before suffering a torn ACL, which ended his season. He was selected to the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He committed to the University of Georgia to play college football.

After recovering from the torn ACL he suffered his senior season of high school, Ojulari played in two games his first year at Georgia in 2018 and took a redshirt. As a redshirt freshman in 2019, he played in all 14 games and made 13 starts. He recorded 36 tackles and 5.5 sacks. Ojulari returned to Georgia in 2020 as a starter.

Ojulari was born the son of Nigerian immigrants; his maternal grandfather was the late Yoruban prince, artist, and musician Twins Seven-Seven. Azeez Ojulari was drafted 50th by the New York Giants.

He signed his four-year rookie contract on May 13, 2021. Ojulari finished the season with 8 sacks which set an all-time New York Giants record for sacks by a rookie, surpassing B. J. Hill, who recorded 5.5 sacks in 2018.