Hofstra University Athletics

Fifth season on the Hofstra roster...Is expected to the front-runner for a starting job at one of the end positions...2008: Played in 10 games and started four as a junior...Recorded 13 solo tackles and 12 assisted stops to rank third on the defensive line in tackles...Tallied seven stops (4-3) against Albany and six tackles (4-2) at Bucknell...Posted four tackles for losses of 25 yards including 1 ½ TFLs for 12 yards at Maine...Notched two sacks for 17 yards with sacks coming at Bucknell and Maine...Also had a forced fumble and a fumble recovery at Bucknell...Missed the final two games of the year with an injury...2007: Played in seven games as a sophomore...Recorded five solo tackles and five assisted stops...Had four tackles, including three solo stops, against New Hampshire...Was also in on two tackles against both William & Mary and Massachusetts...Tallied two tackles for losses of 11 yards and a sack for 6 yards against New Hampshire...2006: Played in the first six games and started at end in the first two contests of the season against Stony Brook and Marshall...Recorded four tackles, including two solo stops...Posted one tackle for a loss of 3 yards...Tallied both solo stops at William & Mary...Also in on tackles against Marshall and Towson...Missed the second half of the season with an injury...2005: Red-shirted and did not play...High School: Was a four year member of the football team and a two-year member of the track team at Brentwood (NY) High School...Was an all-division, All-Suffolk County and a second team All-Long Island selection as a senior...Posted 95 tackles and 10 sacks in nine games at defensive end and caught 16 passes for 350 yards at tight end as a senior...2004 recipient of the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award...Has been selected to play in the Governor's Bowl and the Boomer Esiason Outback Steakhouse Empire Challenge...Personal: Born March 15, 1987 in Nigeria...Full name is Ogochukwu Akabalu...Has one brother and two sisters...Enjoys working out in his free time...Was recruited by New Hampshire, Fordham and Villanova...Marketing major.