Tag: Odafe Oweh

Nov 5, 2023; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Ravens linebacker Odafe Oweh (99) celebrates after making a defensive play against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jessica Rapfogel-USA TODAY Sports

Ravens pick up LB Odafe Oweh’s 5th-year option

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The Baltimore Ravens exercised the fifth-year option on outside linebacker Odafe Oweh on Tuesday.

Drafted with the 31st pick of the first round in 2021, Oweh will earn a guaranteed $13.251 million for the 2025 season.

“We are happy to announce that the Ravens will be picking up Odafe Oweh’s fifth-year option,” general manager Eric DeCosta said. “We look forward to watching him play great football for us this year.”

Oweh, 25, has recorded 13 sacks, 38 quarterback hits, six forced fumbles and 99 tackles in 45 games (13 starts).

He made five starts in 13 games last season, contributing five sacks, 12 QB hits and two forced fumbles. He missed four games with an ankle injury.

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November 13, 2022; Santa Clara, California, USA; Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Kyle Van Noy (8) after the game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Report: Ravens promote LB Kyle Van Noy to active roster

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The Baltimore Ravens promoted linebacker Kyle Van Noy to the active roster, NFL Network reported on Saturday.

The reported move comes four days after Van Noy joined the Ravens’ practice squad. It likely came out of necessity, as Baltimore (2-1) ruled out outside linebackers Odafe Oweh (ankle) and David Ojabo (knee/ankle) for Sunday’s game against the host Cleveland Browns (2-1). Fellow linebacker Tyus Bowser in on the non-football injured list.

Van Noy, a two-time Super Bowl champion, recorded 46 tackles, five sacks and two fumble recoveries in 17 games (13 starts) with the Los Angeles Chargers last season.

Van Noy, 32, has totaled 470 tackles, 33.5 sacks, 10 forced fumbles and nine fumble recoveries in 128 career games (86 starts) with the Detroit Lions (2014-16), New England Patriots (2016-19, 2021), Miami Dolphins (2020) and Chargers (2022).

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Aug 14, 2021; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Ravens linebacker Odafe Oweh (99) leaps to sack New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston (2) during the first half at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

Ravens rookie Odafe Oweh fined for hit on Teddy Bridgewater

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Baltimore Ravens rookie defensive end Odafe Oweh was fined $11,457 for his hit last week on Denver Broncos quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who left the game with a concussion.

The Ravens (3-1) beat the Broncos (3-1) on Sunday, and Bridgewater was hurt on the Oweh hit on Denver’s final drive of the second quarter.

Oweh wasn’t flagged on the play, and he said he was sorry Bridgewater sustained the concussion.

“There was no ill intent,” Oweh said, via ESPN. “Our mentality is to bring physicality and do everything that we got to do safely, no penalties. I wish Teddy prosperity. I wasn’t trying to do anything dirty.”

Four games into his rookie season, Oweh has two sacks, 10 tackles (three for loss), six QB hits, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.

Oweh, a product of Penn State, was the No. 31 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Bridgewater is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers (1-3).

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Sep 7, 2019; University Park, PA, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions defensive end Jayson Oweh (28) pressures Buffalo Bulls quarterback Matt Myers (10) during the third quarter at Beaver Stadium. Penn State defeated Buffalo 45-13. Mandatory Credit: Matthew O'Haren-USA TODAY Sports

New league, new name for Ravens’ Odafe Oweh

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Fans at Penn State knew him as Jayson Oweh, but the Baltimore Ravens faithful will know him by a different first name: Odafe.

Oweh, the No. 31 overall pick in the draft by the Ravens, said he now prefers to be called by his given name. He used Jayson, his middle name, as a youngster when others had trouble pronouncing Odafe.

“I don’t care anymore; you’re going to have to learn how to pronounce it,” he said.

For the record, it’s pronounced O-dah-FEH.

The 6-foot-5 Oweh, a defensive end, played 24 games over three seasons for the Nittany Lions. He had seven sacks and 13 1/2 tackles for loss in his career.

Coach John Harbaugh had high praise for his first-round draft pick.

“He’s an aggressive player. He runs to the ball very fast,” Harbaugh said, per The Baltimore Sun. “He’s in the backfield constantly. He’s knocking people back into the backfield. He’s beating tackles into the backfield. He runs things down from behind. I think he’s a perfect fit for our defense.”

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