4 things fans should know about new Dolphins LB David Ojabo

The Miami Dolphins and new general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan continued a very active and economic week of free agency signings on Friday with a one-year deal for former Baltimore Ravens edge rusher David Ojabo. The 6-foot-4 second-round draft pick from 2022 gets a chance in a new setting to make good on being pick No. 45 overall.

Let’s familiarize ourselves with the Dolphins ’ new pass-rusher. Multi-sport Star Ojabo and his family moved to the United States when he was 15 from Scotland, and was born in Nigeria. Settling in for his prep school days in New Jersey, he excelled at soccer, basketball, and track and field before heading to the gridiron just a few years before heading to college.

He participated in the New Jersey high school state track championship, where he ran a 10. 93-second 100-meter dash, winning the title. Michigan Man Starting his Michigan career on the scout team, Ojabo eventually cracked the full squad as a sophomore in 2020.

As a junior in 2021, he played in all 14 of their games at outside linebacker and registered 11 sacks and 12 tackles for loss as well as three passes defensed, five forced fumbles and a recovery. Michigan Record Holder Those five forced fumbles in 2021 are a Michigan program single-season record in the statistic. He was selected as a Second-Team All-American by the Associated Press and a consensus First-Team All-Big Ten that season.