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University of Rhode Island

2017 Football

91 Mike Ezirike

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 287
  • Year Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Laurel, Md.
  • High School Palloti
  • Position DL

Biography

Career Honors

  • 2015 CAA Football Third Team All-Conference 
  • Named a team captain in 2017

2017 (Redshirt Senior)

  • Started all 11 games at defensive tackle
  • Led the team with 13.5 tackles for loss, which was tied for second in the league
  • Finished the season with 40 tackles and 5.5 sacks
  • Had two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble on the season
  • Helped the defense set a program record with 32 sacks
  • Had four tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss at Towson (11/18)
  • Forced one fumble, made six tackles and had one sack against Villanova (11/11)
  • Made two tackles against James Madison (11/4)
  • Had four tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss and two sacks at Albany (10/28)
  • Had four tackles, including one sack, against Elon (10/21)
  • Made three tackles, including one sack, and recovered one fumble at Maine (10/14)
  • Had four tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery at Brown (9/30)
  • Made four tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, at New Hampshire (9/23)
  • Had three tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, and one quarterback hurry against Harvard (9/16)
  • Had three tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss, against Stony Brook (9/9)
  • Had three tackles, including one sack, at Central Michigan (8/31)

2016 (Redshirt Junior)

  • Played in 10 games, making four starts at defensive tackle
  • Finished with 14 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and one sack
  • Had three tackles at Elon (11/12)
  • Made one tackle at Villanova (10/8)
  • Had one stop against New Hampshire (9/24)
  • Made three tackles, including .5 for a loss, at Harvard (9/16)
  • Had three tackles, including one sack and one tackle for loss to go with a forced fumble against Albany (9/10)
  • Had three tackles, including one for a loss, at Kansas (9/3). Also served as the team's anchor bearer for the game

2015 (Redshirt Sophomore)

  • Started all 11 games at defensive tackle
  • Earned 2015 CAA Football Third Team All-Conference honors
  • Had 27 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks
  • Had a career-high nine tackles with 3.5 tackles for loss at Towson (11/21)
  • Made three tackles, including one for loss, against Villanova (11/7)
  • Had two tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack at New Hampshire (10/31)
  • Made one stop against Richmond (10/17)
  • Had three tackles, including one for a loss, against Delaware (10/10
  • Recorded two tackles at Brown (10/3) 
  • Had three tackles, including .5 for loss, at Maine (9/26)
  • Had one tackle against Harvard (9/19)
  • Made first career start and had two tackles at Syracuse (9/4)

2014 (Sophomore)

  • Appeared in two games before suffering a season-ending leg injury
  • Was given a medical hardship waiver and retained the year of eligibility
  • Finished the season with three tackles

 2013 (Freshman)

  • Appeared in 10 games
  • Finished the season with 10 tackles
  • Made collegiate debut and had one tackle at Fordham (8/29)

Before URI

  • Played a prep season at Fork Union Military Academy, where he was voted as the team's hardest working player
  • He joins 2012 recruits Andre Scott and Sam Hartman on the trail from Fork Union to Rhode Island
  • As an All-Conference selection during his senior season at Palloti High School, he had 44 tackles and 11 sacks

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 91

    2013Freshman

    DE
    6'2" 190 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2014Sophomore

    DE
    6'2" 190 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2015Redshirt Sophomore

    DE
    6'2" 270 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2016Redshirt Junior

    DL
    6'2" 270 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2017Redshirt Senior

    DL
    6'2" 287 lbs
    91