Kansas State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Ugwu, Kingsley
Jersey Number 76
Kingsley Ugwu
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Tucson, Ariz.
- High School:
- Sahuaro
- Prev School:
- Hutchinson CC
Bio
2021: Redshirted.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Started every game during the spring 2021 season for Hutchinson CC under head coach Drew Dallas... Earned First Team NJCAA All-America honors as he helped the Blue Dragons earn a perfect 8-0 record and a victory in the NJCAA National Championship... A first team all-conference honoree as a sophomore... Also played during the 2019 campaign.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Sahuaro under head coach Scott McKee... Earned first team all-conference honors... Also competed in discus and shot put – picking up all-state status – in addition to wrestling.
PERSONAL: Kingsley Ugwu (OO-goo) was born August 6, 2001, in Tucson, Arizona... Son of Chima and Sharon Ugwu... Has two siblings, Nikaylee and Elizabeth... Father, Chima, played defensive tackle at Arizona, while he also competed in the 1996 Olympics for his native Nigeria in the shot put... Related to former NFL All-Pro running back Christian Okoye... Majoring in organizational management.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Started every game during the spring 2021 season for Hutchinson CC under head coach Drew Dallas... Earned First Team NJCAA All-America honors as he helped the Blue Dragons earn a perfect 8-0 record and a victory in the NJCAA National Championship... A first team all-conference honoree as a sophomore... Also played during the 2019 campaign.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Sahuaro under head coach Scott McKee... Earned first team all-conference honors... Also competed in discus and shot put – picking up all-state status – in addition to wrestling.
PERSONAL: Kingsley Ugwu (OO-goo) was born August 6, 2001, in Tucson, Arizona... Son of Chima and Sharon Ugwu... Has two siblings, Nikaylee and Elizabeth... Father, Chima, played defensive tackle at Arizona, while he also competed in the 1996 Olympics for his native Nigeria in the shot put... Related to former NFL All-Pro running back Christian Okoye... Majoring in organizational management.
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