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Position:
  
Weight
  
120 kg

Height
  
1.96 m


Name
  
C. Uzomah

Roster status:
  
Active

College
  
Auburn Tigers football

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Date of birth:
  
(1993-01-14) January 14, 1993 (age 22)

High school:
  
Suwanee (GA) North Gwinnett

NFL draft:
  
2015 / Round: 5 / Pick: 157

Current team
  
Cincinnati Bengals (#87 / Tight end)

Parents
  
Xavier Uzomah, Stephanie Uzomah

Profiles

Auburn Tight End C J Uzomah


C. J. Uzomah (born January 14, 1993 in Suwanee, Georgia) is an American football tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Auburn.

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Auburn TE C J Uzomah


High school career

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The son of Xavier and Stephanie Uzomah, C. J. attended North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Georgia, where he played quarterback. During his senior season, threw for 238 yards with two touchdowns, rushed for 74 yards and had 168 receiving yards with one touchdown. As a junior, he passed for 1,750 yards passing and 15 touchdowns, and ran for 800 yards and 10 more touchdowns.

College career

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Primarily a blocking tight end at Auburn, Uzomah caught only 29 passes in his four seasons, but seven of them were for touchdowns. He majored in Marketing while at Auburn. As a freshman, he threw a 4-yard touchdown pass.

He played in both the Medal of Honor all-star game and the Senior Bowl.

Professional career

Uzomah was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round, 157th overall, of the 2015 NFL Draft. He played in five games his rookie year recording one catch for four yards.

Uzomah scored his first NFL touchdown on January 1, 2017 on a one-yard pass from Andy Dalton against the Baltimore Ravens. For the season, he played in 10 games with eight starts due to injuries to starter Tyler Eifert, recording 25 receptions for 234 yards.

Personal life

In May 2014, as Uzomah was attending Auburn University, his father, Xavier, a financial analyst, earned an MBA from Auburn. His father holds a bachelor's degree in Business from the University of Southern Mississippi. C. J.'s mother, Stephanie, is a kindergarten teacher and holds a doctorate degree in education.

References

C. J. Uzomah Wikipedia