Irabonoise Oniha

Enters the fall listed as a starter on the depth chart ... has started 6 games during his career (0 Fr // 2 So // 4 Jr) ... has earned 2 varsity letters. A starter in 4 of the 12 games in which he played in ... closed out the year with 24 tackles, including a tackle for loss ... led the team with 7 pass breakups ... member of Navy's defense that held each of its final 3 opponents to under 300 yards of total offense (288 yds by Memphis, 202 yds by Army, 239 yds by Cincinnati) ... recorded 2 tackles, including a tackle for loss at Notre Dame ... chipped in 2 tackles and broke up a pass in the win against Florida Atlantic ... a starter at Temple where he posted a career-high tying 6 tackles and matched his high in passes broken up with 3 ... chipped in a season-high 4 tackles in the victory over Rice ... recorded a career-high 3 pass breakups and 2 tackles at Tulsa ... it's tied for the 2nd-most pass breakups by a Navy player in the last 20 years - 5 by John Marshall vs. Temple in 2022, 3 by Michael McMorris, Ross Pospisil, Wyatt Middleton, Quincy Adams) ... chipped in 3 tackles against UAB in the American opener ... part of a defense that held UAB scoreless in the second half of the game and forced 3 tournaments over the final two quarters ... turned in a pair of tackles in the Mids' opener against VMI ... part of a defensive unit that held VMI to 212 yards of total offense, including just 15 yards on the ground ... the 15 yards rushing were the 7th fewest since 1995 and the fewest since 2022 when Navy gave up 13 yards rushing against Delaware A starter in 2 of the 7 games in which he played, he closed out the season with 12 tackles, including a tackle for loss ... also had an interception, 3 pass breakups and forced a fumble ... battled a hamstring injury throughout the season ... chipped in a solo stop in the Mids' Armed Forces Bowl victory over Oklahoma ... turned in a solo tackle and broke up a pass in the road victory at East Carolina ... recorded his first-career interception at returned it 36 yards in the Mids' win at USF ... also broke up a pass and made a solo tackle ... recorded a career-high 6 tackles, including his first-career tackle for loss in Navy's win over Temple in the AAC opener ... also forced a fumble and broke up a pass - both firsts of his career ... made his collegiate debut in the Mids' opener against Bucknell where he made 2 solo stops. Did not see any varsity action. A 2021 graduate of Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Md., Oniha attended Fork Union Military Academy during the 2021-22 academic year and the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2022-23 academic year ... born in Baltimore to Nigerian parents, he attended elementary school and a year of middle school in the U.S. ... his family returned to Nigeria where he attended 2 years of middle school before returning to Maryland for his high school education ... he is the second born of quadruplets ... his brothers Osezenoria and Oseikhuemen graduated from UMBC in 2026, while his sister Obehiaghe graduated from UMBC in the spring of 2025 ... his given name is Irabonoise and means "I lift my hands to praise the Lord" ... son of Ogbeide and Gloria Oniha ... parents are from the Esan tribe ... majoring in general science.