Player Dossier

2014-2017

Oregon State

Bright Ugwoegbu

OLB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Katy, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bright Ugwoegbu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

83%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

89

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Oregon State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Oregon State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Bright Ugwoegbu built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Katy, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Bright Ugwoegbu's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8128

Seven Lakes · Katy, TX

Committed To
Oregon State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Bright Ugwoegbu, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Oregon State. Bright Ugwoegbu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
109
TFL
15.5
Sacks
7
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Bright Ugwoegbu quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon State · OLB
Career Tackles
109
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Oregon State
Top game
California
Recruit profile
3-star · Seven Lakes · Oregon State
High school pipeline
Seven Lakes · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 1 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
55 tackles · OLB 10th (top 20%) · Pac-12 53rd (top 11%) · National 580th (top 11%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonOregon State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonOregon State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonOregon State854115.522079
2017 Regular SeasonOregon State12554.51.532052.6

Related Context

Bright Ugwoegbu played OLB for Oregon State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Bright Ugwoegbu recorded 109 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Oregon State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Oregon State paired 20.5 primary output with 53.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 53.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: California

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Oregon State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

2.6

Efficiency

53.8

Usage

18.4

Consistency

62.4

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0.5. Idaho State: 2. Boise State: 4. Colorado: 1. California: 4.5. Utah: 3. Washington: 1. Washington State: 4.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 5 by 25.8. Idaho State: 4 by 36.7. Boise State: 5 by 60.8. Colorado: 7 by 39.2. California: 9 by 82.5. Utah: 11 by 75.8. Washington: 6 by 35. Washington State: 7 by 74.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins3.3 · Games = 2 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 6 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

82.5 vs California

Result
Sun 10/30vs Washington State2+ sacks · Splash gameL 31-35742.5020
Sat 10/22@ WashingtonL 17-4165100
Sat 10/15vs Utah10+ tackles · Splash gameL 14-19116210
Sun 10/9vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 47-44941.5011
Sat 10/1@ ColoradoL 6-4774001
Sat 9/24vs Boise StateSplash gameL 24-3855210
Sat 9/17vs Idaho StateSplash gameW 37-7421.500.500
Fri 9/2@ MinnesotaL 23-30520.5000

Player Story

Bright Ugwoegbu story

Bright Ugwoegbu built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Katy, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Oregon State. The clearest part of Bright Ugwoegbu's career was his defensive production: 109 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Oregon State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Bright Ugwoegbu's production has multiple signals. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oregon State.

The arc is straightforward: Bright Ugwoegbu moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Oregon State

    2014-2017

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Season Value Progression

2014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonOregon State0
2015 Regular SeasonOregon State00
2016 Regular SeasonOregon State20.553.818.420.5
2017 Regular SeasonOregon State1128.39.1-9.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs California

Week 6 · W 47-44 · Conference game

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

94.2 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Washington State

Week 9 · L 31-35 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

91.4 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Boise State

Week 4 · L 24-38

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Havoc Plays

83.2 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 83.2 takeover score.

#4

@ California

Week 10 · L 23-37 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Utah

Week 7 · L 14-19 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

80.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Oregon State

20.5 primary output · 53.8 efficiency · 18.4 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Oregon State

52.6

11 primary · 28.3 efficiency · 9.1 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Oregon State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

8

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games