TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans with the third pick of the sixth round (177th overall) in the 2018 NFL Draft.
Spent the entire season on the Reserve/Injured list
2018 (Houston 12/0; 1/0):
Finished with eight total tackles (six solo), 1.0 sack, two passes defensed, two quarterback hits, one tackle for loss and one fumble recovery in 11 games as a rookie
Inactive Week 1 at New England (9/9)
Recorded three total tackles (two solo) and brought down Titans QB Blaine Gabbert for his first career sack in his NFL debut at Tennessee (9/16)
Finished with two solo stops, one quarterback hit and his first career fumble recovery at Indianapolis (9/30)
Notched his first career pass defensed vs. Buffalo (10/14)
Recorded two total tackles (one solo) at Jacksonville (10/21)
Contributed on defense and special teams, and recorded one special teams tackle vs. Miami (10/25)
Registered one pass defensed at Denver (11/4)
Tallied one solo tackle and contributed on special teams vs. Jacksonville (12/30)
Recorded one solo tackle and two quarterback hits in his postseason debut in the Wild Card Round vs. Indianapolis (1/5)
Played four seasons (2014-17) at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. after redshirting the 2013 campaign
Compiled 128 total tackles (76 solo), 23.5 sacks, 41 tackles for loss, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and an interception in 42 career games played (31 starts)
Ranks third in program history in career sacks and sixth in career tackles for loss
Earned second team All-ACC honors as a senior after leading the Demon Deacons in sacks (6.5), tackles for loss (16.5) and quarterback hurries (nine), while he ranked third in the ACC in tackles for loss and eighth in sacks
As a junior, was a consensus third-team All-ACC selection and a nominee for the Bednarik Award after leading Wake Forest with 10.5 sacks and was second on the team with 17 tackles for loss. His 10.5 sacks were a school record for a junior
Posted 28 total tackles as a sophomore and led the team with 4.5 sacks on the year
Recorded 12 total tackles and 2.0 in his redshirt freshman season
Son of Dr. Samuel and Franca Ejiofor
Attended Alief Taylor High School in Houston
Honorable mention All-Greater Houston selection
Recorded 47 total tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 8.0 sacks and six pass breakups as a senior
Also lettered in track for Alief Taylor
Graduated with a degree in sociology
