Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah

Former linebacker at Notre Dame. 2020: 61 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

LB · Notre Dame · Sr. · #6

6′1″ · 215 lb · Hampton, VA

Consensus AACleveland — drafted 2021, Rd 2, Pick 20, #52 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 450 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

Statement game9 tackles · 4 TFL · 3 sacksvs Iowa State (FBS) · W 33-9

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Notre Dame. 2020: 61 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2017.
Drafted round 2 by the Cleveland in 2021.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Notre Dame, 140 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2020) — drafted at #52 overall by Cleveland.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Notre Dame3-star out of Bethel

202011 games

All-Americafirst · 11 selectors
Butkuswinner
All-ACCfirst

2021

Drafted by Clevelandround 2, pick 52

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#450 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2019–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #52

Cleveland · 2021

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

14 honors · 2 categories

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2020)

9 first-team selectors

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ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM

All-ACC 1st team (2020)

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ClevelandEntering 6th NFL season

#52Rd 2 · Pick 20

ClevelandEntering 6th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Brian Kelly — 21-4 over that span.

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2020Notre Dame10-2HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (96th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles for loss#36 / 2211 · 98th pct

11.0

Solo tackles#86 / 2211 · 96th pct

Tackles#167 / 2211 · 92nd pct

Passes defended#309 / 2211 · 82nd pct

Sacks#487 / 2211 · 76th pct

1.5

QB hurries#468 / 2211 · 69th pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th pct

Interceptions#180 / 568 · 34th 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

2020 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.9	1.6	0.2	0.3
Road4g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	5.0	1.5	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	5.0	0.7	0.1	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Selector Grid · 2020

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN1st

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Notre Dame	61	41	11.0	1.5	3	1	--
2019	Notre Dame	79	52	13.5	8.5	4	--	--
Career		140	93	24.5	10.0	7	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2020

W 47–40

vs Clemson

9 TOT · 7 SOLO · 0 SACKS

Edged out Clemson at home in a shootout.

With I. Book — 310 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 68 rush yds (15 car) · K. Williams — 140 rush yds (23 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week