#12

David Ugwoegbu

Senior defensive lineman for Houston. 2023: 2.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

DL · Houston · Sr. · #12

6′4″ · 250 lb · Katy, TX

CFB Index 83 · #26 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceHouston 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 370 nationally · Signed with Seven Lakes

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Houston. 2023: 2.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Seven Lakes in 2019.
Transferred from Oklahoma to Houston in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Houston, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201911 games

Recruited4-star out of Seven Lakes

202311 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#370 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Dana Holgorsen

Houston

Played his entire career under Dana Holgorsen.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Oklahoma12-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning

2020Oklahoma9-2HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

83All-Conference level #26 of 302?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (85th percentile). Strength: sacks (84th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#397 / 2842 · 85th pct

6.0

Sacks#421 / 2842 · 84th pct

2.5

Passes defended#512 / 2842 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#615 / 2842 · 78th pct

QB hurries#574 / 2842 · 74th pct

Tackles#835 / 2842 · 70th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.1	0.6	0.2	0.3
Road4g	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.8	0.7	0.3	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.4	0.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Fritz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #26 of 302 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #26 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Houston	41	28	6.0	2.5	3	--	--
2022	Oklahoma	101	50	7.5	2.0	1	--	--
2021	Oklahoma	48	23	1.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Oklahoma	33	17	3.0	1.0	--	1	--
2019	Oklahoma	19	14	4.0	1.0	1	--	--
Career		242	132	22.0	6.5	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2023

W 41–39

vs West Virginia

5 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out West Virginia at home in a shootout.

With D. Smith — 253 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.4 · 34 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · M. Golden — 3 rec · 34 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 17-14vs UTSA	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 13-36vs TCU	5	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-7vs Sam Houston	5	4	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	L 28-49@ Texas Tech	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-39vs West Virginia	5	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 24-31vs Texas	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 9	L 0-41@ Kansas State	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 25-24@ Baylor	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 14-24vs Cincinnati	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 30-43vs Oklahoma State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 13-27@ UCF	5	2	2.0	1.0	—	0
Total		41	28	6.0	2.5	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology