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2023 Football Roster

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1 Rome Odunze

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 215
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Las Vegas, Nev.
  • High School Bishop Gorman
  • Instagram romeodunze
  • Twitter RomeOdunze

Biography

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NIL Opportunities: Rome Odunze

2023 CSC Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
2023 CSC Academic All-America First Team
2023 All-America First Team (AP, FWAA, PFF, CBS Sports, The Athletic)
2023 All-America Second Team (Walter Camp)
2023 All-Pac-12 First Team
2023 Biletnikoff Award Finalist
2023 Midseason All-America First Team (AP)
2023 Midseason All-America Second Team (The Athletic)
2023 Walter Camp Award Preseason Watch List
2023 Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List
2023 Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List
2023 Preseason All-America First Team (Athlon, Walter Camp, Phil Steele, Associated Press) 
2023 Preseason All-Pac-12 First Team (Pac-12, Athlon, PFF, Phil Steele)
2022 All-America Third Team (Associated Press, Pro Football Focus)
2022 All-America Fourth Team (Phil Steele)
2022 All-Pac-12 First Team
2022 All-Pac-12 First Team (Associated Press, Phil Steele)
2022 CSC Academic All-District
2022 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
2022 PFF All-Pac-12 First Team
2022 Pro Football Network All-Pac-12 First Team
2021 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll

2023: Named the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for NCAA Division I-FBS, by the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) ... also first-team Academic All-America ... one of three finalists for the Biletnikoff Award ... set UW record with on 1,640 receiving yards, most in the nation in 2023, and third-most in Pac-12 history ... 92 receptions were second-most in UW history, just two shy of Reggie Williams' record ... consensus first-team All-America (Pro Football Focus, CBS, The Athletic) and first-team All-Pac-12 ... named one of four team captains, in a vote by his teammates ... notched 10 100-yard games in 2023 ... along with Williams (2001-03), just the second receiver in UW history to record more than one 1,000-yard receiving season, reaching that mark in 2022 and 2023 ... seven catches for 132 yards and a touchdown, along with two kickoff returns, in a start vs. Boise State in the season opener ... seven catches for 107 yards and a touchdown, along with a 14-yard rushing TD, in the win over Tulsa ... eight receptions for a career-high 180 yards in the UW win at Michigan State ... had a huge game vs. Cal, returning a punt 83 yards for one touchdown, while catching five passes for 125 yards and two more touchdowns ... named Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week following the Cal win ... named the Husky coaches' offensive and special teams skill player of the week following the Cal game ... five receptions for 65 yards in the win at Arizona ... had his fifth 100-yard game of the season in the UW's win over No. 8 Oregon, finishing with eight catches for 128 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winning score on an 18-yard reception with 1:38 left ... five receptions for 82 yards in the win over Arizona State ... six catches for 89 yards and a score in the win at Stanford ... five receptions for 82 yards in the win at USC ... had three catches for 111 yards and two touchdowns (of 34 and 33 yards) in the win over No. 13 Utah ... seventh 100-yard game in the win at No. 10 Oregon State, when he had seven catches for 106 yards and two scores ... named UW coaches' offensive skill player of the game for the OSU win ... had his eighth 100-yard game in the win over Washington State, finishing with seven catches for 120 yards and two touchdowns, along with a crucial, 23-yard run on a fourth down late in the fourth quarter ... earned the Husky coaches' offensive skill player of the week following the Apple Cup ... eight catches for 102 yards in the Pac-12 Championship Game win over Oregon ... six receptions for 123 yards in the Huskies' win over No. 3 Texas in the Sugar Bowl ... five receptions for 87 yards in the CFP National Championship Game vs. No. 1 Michigan ... won the Offensive Skill Player of the Year Award at the team's postseason banquet.

2022: Played in 12 of 13 games, starting eight ... led the team in receiving yards (1,145) and was second in receptions (75) ... led the Pac-12 in receiving yards and was second in receptions per game ... 1,145 yards were fifth-most in UW single-season history ... 75 receptions were seventh-most in school history ... named to the CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District team ... caught seven passes for 84 yards and a touchdown in a start against Kent State ... missed the Portland State game for precautionary/injury reasons ... three catches for 48 yards in the win over No. 11 Michigan State ... career day in the win over Stanford, catching eight passes for 161 yards and a touchdown ... eight catches for 116 yards and two touchdowns – 33 and nine yards – at UCLA ... third straight 100-yard game at Arizona State, finishing with a career-high nine receptions for 115 yards ... the first Husky since Reggie Williams (2003) to notch three straight 100-yard games ... became the first UW player ever to reach 100 receiving yards in four consecutive games, when he recorded a career-high 169 yards on nine receptions (matching his career) high, with two touchdowns, in the win over Arizona ... six catches for 63 yards in the win at Cal ... recorded his fifth 100-yard game of the season in the Oregon State win, catching seven passes for 102 yards ... six catches for 56 yards in the win at Oregon ... two receptions for 17 yards vs. Colorado ... five catches for 57 yards in the Alamo Bowl victory over Texas ... named the UW coaches' offensive skill player of the week three times during the season ... won the Most Outstanding Offensive Skill Player at the team's postseason awards banquet.

2021: Played in nine games, starting seven ... saw his first action of the season in the win over Cal, catching three passes for 56 yards ... started at Oregon State, where he had three catches for 20 yards ... four receptions for 58 yards, including his first career touchdown, vs. UCLA ... two catches for 17 yards, including one touchdown, in a start at Arizona ... six catches for 37 yards in the win at Stanford ... three receptions for 11 yards in a start vs. Oregon ... eight receptions for 82 yards in a start vs. Arizona State ... nine receptions for 68 yards and a touchdown at Colorado ... three catches for 69 yards, including a 16-yard touchdown reception, vs. WSU ... won the team's annual Apple Cup Play of the Game for that catch.

2020: Played in all four games during the 2020 season ... caught one pass for three yards in the opener vs. Oregon State ... earned first start vs. Stanford, and led all UW receivers with five catches for 69 yards. 

 
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Named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Nevada as a senior in 2019 ... also the MaxPreps Nevada Player of the Year ... over his career, had 121 receptions for 2,699 yards and 31 touchdowns ... had 54 catches for 1,222 yards and 15 touchdowns over 13 games as a senior ... notched 100 yards receiving in 12 of 13 games and scored in all but one ... also returned 11 punts for an average of 22.1 yards per return, with two TDs ... as a junior, caught 60 passes for 1,347 yards and 15 TDs ... All-Southwest League first team as a junior, when he also earned a spot on the 4A all-state team ... listed by 247Sports as the No. 185 overall prospect and No. 32 wide receiver in the nation, as well as the No. 2 recruit in Nevada ... ranked the nation's No. 239 overall prospect and No. 44 receiver, and the No. 2 prospect in his state, by Rivals.com ... named to the Tacoma News-Tribune's "Western 100" ... a standout sprinter on the track team ... named to the 2019 all-state team for track and field ... won the 4A state title in the 200 meters (21.25) and the 4x100 relay (41.36), and finished fourth in the 100 (10.67) as a junior in 2019 ... took second in the 4A state meet in the 4x200 as a freshman ... played football for coach Kenny Sanchez.

Statistics

Season:
2023

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2020Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'3" 205 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2021Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'3" 200 lbs
    16
  • 1

    2022Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'3" 201 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2023Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'3" 215 lbs
    1