Chiddi Obiazor

CAREER HONORS • 2024 Honorable Mention Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year (Coaches) • 2024 Academic All-Big 12 2024: Played in all 13 games – including his first-career start at Houston – as he tallied 16 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and three pass breakups over 310 defensive snaps… Earned votes from the league’s coaches for the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year award… Recorded sacks in each of the final three games of the season, including the Iowa State contest when he set a career high with three tackles… Also had two tackles apiece against BYU, Oklahoma State, Arizona State and Cincinnati… Had a half sack against West Virginia… Broke up passes against West Virginia, Arizona State and in the Rate Bowl against Rutgers… Saw time on a career-best 36 defensive snaps against West Virginia, while he played on 32 snaps against Iowa State and 31 against Cincinnati and Rutgers... An Academic All-Big 12 performer. 2023: A true freshman who saw time in three games as he retained his redshirt... Had a tackle in the season opener against SEMO when he saw time on nine defensive snaps and a half tackle for loss in the Pop-Tarts Bowl against NC State when he was in for 15 snaps... Saw time on a season-high 29 defensive plays against Baylor. HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Eden Prairie under head coach Mike Grant... Viewed as the 79th-best edge defender in the Class of 2023 by On3, while the organization ranked him as the sixth-best overall prospect in the state of Minnesota... Picked up all-state honors in 2022 from SBLive after tallying 40 tackles, forcing three fumbles and blocking three kicks... A 2022 first team all-metro performer by the Star Tribune and a first team all-district honoree... Also competed in basketball. PERSONAL: Chiddi Obiazor (pronounced CHEE-dee oh-bee-EYE-zor) was born August 21, 2004, in Edina, Minnesota... Son of Anthony and Laurie Obiazor... Has three siblings, Namdi, Nneka, and Isy... Older brother, Namdi, is a linebacker at TCU... Majoring in communications... K-State’s first signee from the state of Minnesota since linebacker Brandon Archer (St. Paul) in 2002.