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Amani Horatio Oruwariye (born February 9, 1996 in Saint Petersburg, Florida) is an American football player in the cornerback position. He played college football for Pennsylvania State University and has been with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) since 2019.
Oruwariye was born in Saint Petersburg, Florida, and attended the Gaither High School in Northdale, where he played football as a defensive back and was named his team’s MVP in his senior year of high school. As of 2014, Oruwariye went to Pennsylvania State University to play college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He initially completed a red shirt year and was mainly used in the special teams in the 2015 season. In the 2016 season, Oruwariye was used in eleven games and caught an interception, which he was able to carry back over 30 yards for a touchdown in the opposing end zone. The following season he was able to attract attention as the number three cornerback with four interceptions and went into his final year at college as a regular. Oruwariye caught three interceptions and blocked twelve opposing passes. He was elected to the All-Star Team of the Big Ten Conference 2018.[1][2][3]
Oruwariye was selected in the fifth round in the 2019 NFL Draft in 146th place by the Detroit Lions.[4] As a rookie, he was initially rarely used on the defensive. Oruwariye made his NFL debut on the fourth day of play as a special teamer, after another outing in week 10, he played for the first time on the eleventh day of the defense.[5] He was then used more often and was able to catch an interception each against the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers.[6] As a result of Darius Slay’s trade with the Philadelphia Eagles, Oruwariye moved up to the starting line-up alongside Desmond Trufant for the 2020 season, as he performed better than first-round pick Jeff Okudah in the pre-season.[7] He was used in all 16 games, 15 of them as a starter, and recorded an interception.[8]
NFL statistics[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
| Season | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| year | Team | Games | as a Starter | total | Solo | Ast | Sacks | PD | INT | Yds | Lng | TD | FF | FR | TD | |
| 2019 | THE | 9 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0,0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | THE | 16 | 15 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 0,0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| total | 23 | 17 | 60 | 48 | 12 | 0,0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Those: pro-football-reference.com[9] | ||||||||||||||||
- ↑ Amani Oruwariye on the Penn State Nittany Lions website. Accessed November 26, 2021.
- ↑ Joe Juliano: Amani Oruwariye looks forward to starting and leading for Penn State. In: The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 24, 2018, accessed November 26, 2021.
- ↑ Bob Flounders: Penn State corner Amani Oruwariye flashes serious speed at NFL combine, clocking a 4.47 40-yard dash on pennlive.com. March 4, 2019, accessed November 26, 2021.
- ↑ Dave Birkett: Detroit Lions take Amani Oruwariye in Round 5 of 2019 NFL draft. In: Detroit Free Press. April 27, 2021, accessed November 26, 2021.
- ↑ Troy Taormina: How Rookie CB Amani Oruwariye Fared in First Defensive Snaps of Season on si.com. November 19, 2019, accessed November 26, 2021.
- ↑ Benjamin Raven: Lions CB Amani Oruwariye impressing coaches, himself with grasp of defense early in Year 2 on mlive.com. August 20, 2020, accessed November 26, 2021.
- ↑ Kyle Meinke: Amani Oruwariye making case he is Detroit’s new No. 1 cornerback on mlive.com. October 22, 2020, accessed November 26, 2021.
- ↑ Tim Twentyman: 2020 position breakdown: Cornerbacks on the Detroit Lions website. January 16, 2021, accessed November 26, 2021.
- ↑ Amani Oruwariye Stats on pro-football-reference.com. Accessed November 26, 2021.
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