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2015 Football

21 Kevin Ijoma

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Seton Hall Prep

Biography

Career Accolades: 2012 and 2015 Ivy League champion ... Appeared in 38 games ... Will graduate with 88 career tackles and one interception.

2015: Played in all 10 games … Finished with 21 tackles, including 13 solo stops … Made four tackles at Lehigh (9/19) … Had four tackles at Villanova (9/24) … Was in on five tackles against Dartmouth (10/3) … Finished with five tackles against Fordham (10/10).

2014: Started all 10 games ... Led Penn and finished sixth in the Ivy League with eight pass breakups ... Finished fifth on the team with 52 tackles (33 solo) ... Also had 2.0 tackles for loss, a sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery ... Had a tackle in every game, including five or more on five occasions ... Career-high 12 tackles, including one for loss against Brown (Nov. 1) ... Had four tackles, a sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery in win at Cornell (Nov. 22).

2013: Played in nine games and missed one game due to injury ... Finished with 10 tackles (seven solo) and returned three kickoffs for 29 yards ... Season-high three tackles in win over Dartmouth (Oct. 5) ... Also had three tackles in Homecoming matchup with Princeton (Nov. 9) ... All three kick returns came at Brown (Nov. 2).

2012: Played in seven games for the Ivy League champions ... Second on the team in kick return average (24.9) ... Third on the team with eight kick returns for 199 yards ... Three of those returns went for more than 30 yards, including a season-long 45-yard return against William & Mary (Oct. 6) ... Recorded his first career interception in season opener at Lafayette (Sept. 15) ... Finished the season with five tackles, including a season-high three against Villanova (Sept. 22).

2011: Missed the majority of the season due to injury ... Played in two games as a freshman ... Saw action in the season opener against Lafayette (Sept. 17) and in the win over Fordham (Oct. 8).

Seton Hall Prep: Three-year letterwinner in football ... Team went 19-3 in his final two seasons en route to back-to-back conference championships ... 2010 first-team all-conference ... 2010 third-team all-county ... 2009 first-team all-conference, second-team all-county and second-team all-area ... Also lettered three times in track & field.

Personal: Son of Rita Nwosu and Collins Ijoma ... Cousin, Kevin Monangai, plays football at Villanova ... Enrolled in Wharton.

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Historical Player Information

  • 29

    2011Freshman

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    6'0" 185 lbs
    29
  • 15

    2012Sophomore

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    6'0" 195 lbs
    15
  • 21

    2013Sophomore

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    6'0" 195 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2014Junior

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    6'0" 195 lbs
    21
  • 21

    2015Senior

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    6'0" 195 lbs
    21