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40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">252 lb (114 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prosper_High_School" title="Prosper High School">Prosper</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Prosper,_Texas" title="Prosper, Texas">Prosper, Texas</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana%E2%80%93Monroe_Warhawks_football" title="Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football">UL Monroe</a> (2014–2015)<br /><a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs_football" title="TCU Horned Frogs football">TCU</a> (2016–2018)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">Defensive end</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2019_NFL_draft" title="2019 NFL draft">2019</a> / round: 2 / pick: 49</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> (<a href="/wiki/2019_NFL_season" title="2019 NFL season">2019</a>–<a href="/wiki/2022_NFL_season" title="2022 NFL season">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> (<a href="/wiki/2023_NFL_season" title="2023 NFL season">2023</a>)*</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="color: var(--color-subtle, #54595d);"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><span style="padding-left:1.5em;"> </span>* Offseason and/or practice squad member only</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>2× First-team All-<a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/2017_All-Big_12_Conference_football_team" title="2017 All-Big 12 Conference football team">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_All-Big_12_Conference_football_team" title="2018 All-Big 12 Conference football team">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> Defensive Newcomer of the Year (2017)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(football_move)" title="Tackle (football move)">Total tackles</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">29</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Quarterback_sack" title="Quarterback sack">Sacks</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">2.5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Pass_deflected" title="Pass deflected">Pass deflections</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Fumble" title="Fumble">Forced fumbles</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">1</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BanoBe00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Benjamin Chinomso Banogu</b> (born January 19, 1996) is a Nigerian professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> <a href="/wiki/Defensive_end" title="Defensive end">defensive end</a>. He played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> at <a href="/wiki/Louisiana%E2%80%93Monroe_Warhawks_football" title="Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football">Louisiana-Monroe</a> and <a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs_football" title="TCU Horned Frogs football">TCU</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Banogu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>, Banogu's family moved to U.S. six months after his birth.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in <a href="/wiki/McKinney,_Texas" title="McKinney, Texas">McKinney, Texas</a> attended nearby <a href="/wiki/Prosper_High_School" title="Prosper High School">Prosper High School</a>, where he played football and basketball for the Eagles, in addition to participating in track & field. On February 4, 2014, Banogu signed a letter of intent to attend the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Louisiana_at_Monroe" title="University of Louisiana at Monroe">University of Louisiana at Monroe</a> on a football scholarship.<sup id="cite_ref-247sports_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-247sports-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Banogu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Louisiana-Monroe">Louisiana-Monroe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Banogu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Louisiana-Monroe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Banogu redshirted during his first season at ULM, but became a starter for the Warhawks as a redshirt freshman in 2015. He recorded 5 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss to earn a spot on the All-<a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt Conference</a> Newcomer Team, but chose to leave the program after the season.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TCU">TCU</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Banogu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: TCU"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After transferring to <a href="/wiki/Texas_Christian_University" title="Texas Christian University">Texas Christian University</a> in January 2016, Banogu sat out the 2016 season and forfeited his sophomore year of eligibility due to <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> transfer rules. He became a starter for the <a href="/wiki/TCU_Horned_Frogs_football" title="TCU Horned Frogs football">Horned Frogs</a> as a junior in 2017, totalling 8.5 sacks and 16.5 tackles for loss, earning First-team All-<a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> honors<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and helping lead the Frogs to the program's first-ever berth in the <a href="/wiki/Big_12_Championship_Game" title="Big 12 Championship Game">Big 12 Championship Game</a> and a win in the <a href="/wiki/2017_Alamo_Bowl" title="2017 Alamo Bowl">2017 Alamo Bowl</a> over <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Cardinal_football" title="Stanford Cardinal football">Stanford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Banogu scored his first collegiate touchdown during his senior season on a 47-yard return of a fumble recovery in a home win against <a href="/wiki/Iowa_State_Cyclones_football" title="Iowa State Cyclones football">Iowa State</a> in September 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ended the season with 8.5 sacks and 18.0 tackles for loss to once again be named First-team All-Big 12,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and helped lead the Frogs to a win over <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears_football" title="California Golden Bears football">California</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Cheez-It_Bowl" title="2018 Cheez-It Bowl">2018 Cheez-It Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following his senior season, Banogu graduated from TCU and was invited to participate in the <a href="/wiki/2019_Senior_Bowl" title="2019 Senior Bowl">2019 Senior Bowl</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Banogu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Pre-draft measurables </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Height</th> <th>Weight</th> <th>Arm length</th> <th>Hand span</th> <th><a href="/wiki/40-yard_dash" title="40-yard dash">40-yard dash</a></th> <th>10-yard split</th> <th>20-yard split</th> <th><a href="/wiki/20-yard_shuttle" class="mw-redirect" title="20-yard shuttle">20-yard shuttle</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Three-cone_drill" title="Three-cone drill">Three-cone drill</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Vertical_jump" title="Vertical jump">Vertical jump</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Standing_long_jump" title="Standing long jump">Broad jump</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/NFL_Scouting_Combine#Bench_press_records" title="NFL Scouting Combine">Bench press</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>6 ft <span class="frac">3<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in<br />(1.92 m) </td> <td>250 lb<br />(113 kg) </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" /><span class="frac">33<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">5</span>⁄<span class="den">8</span></span> in<br />(0.85 m) </td> <td>9 in<br />(0.23 m)</td> <td><span class="nowrap">4.62 s</span></td> <td><span class="nowrap">1.62 s</span></td> <td><span class="nowrap">2.68 s</span></td> <td><span class="nowrap">4.27 s</span></td> <td><span class="nowrap">7.02 s</span></td> <td>40.0 in<br />(1.02 m)</td> <td>11 ft 2 in<br />(3.40 m)</td> <td><span class="nowrap">23 reps</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="13">All values from <a href="/wiki/NFL_Combine" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Combine">NFL Combine</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indianapolis_Colts">Indianapolis Colts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Banogu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Indianapolis Colts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Banogu was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts" title="Indianapolis Colts">Indianapolis Colts</a> in the second round (49th overall) of the <a href="/wiki/2019_NFL_draft" title="2019 NFL draft">2019 NFL draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the season opener against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Chargers" title="Los Angeles Chargers">Los Angeles Chargers</a>, Banogu recorded a half-sack in his first-career game.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Week 8 game against the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Broncos" title="Denver Broncos">Denver Broncos</a>, Banogu sealed the 15-13 victory with his 4th-quarter strip-sack of <a href="/wiki/Joe_Flacco" title="Joe Flacco">Joe Flacco</a>, both career-firsts.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Week 12 against the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Texans" title="Houston Texans">Houston Texans</a>, he brought down <a href="/wiki/Deshaun_Watson" title="Deshaun Watson">Deshaun Watson</a> for a sack.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dallas_Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Banogu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Dallas Cowboys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 7, 2023, Banogu signed with the <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was released on August 29, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Banogu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 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