Ugo Amadi


Ugochukwu Amadi is an American football safety for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He played college football at Oregon and was drafted by the Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. As a senior in 2018 he won the Lombardi Award.

College career

Amadi signed with Oregon out of John Overton High School in Nashville, Tennessee as a consensus four-star cornerback over offers from Cincinnati, Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue, Syracuse, Tennessee and Texas A&M. Amadi played in all 51 games with 34 starts for the Ducks from 2015-2018 and finished with 165 total tackles, 9.5 tackles for a loss for 54 yards, three sacks for 16 yards, eight interceptions for 122 yards and two touchdowns, 33 passes defended, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries on defense.

Professional career

Amadi was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.