2020-21: Earned third team recognition by HERO SPORTS on its NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Preseason All-America Team released May 28. In addition, he was chosen by HERO SPORTS as the top player in FCS to wear No. 58 in the 2020-21 season.
2019: Redshirted, but played in four games in accordance with a new NCAA rule that allows student-athletes to play in up to four games and still redshirt. He started EWU’s first three games before being shelved with an injury, and finished the year with 27 tackles a pass broken up and a quarterback hurry. He was the team’s defensive player of the week against Washington (8/31/19) when he finished with a career-high 11 tackles, then had five in the next game versus Lindenwood (9/7/19) and a pair the week after against Jacksonville State (9/14/19). He didn’t play again until Montana (10/26/19) and he finished with nine tackles, but was redshirted after that. He was a third team preseason all-conference selection as chosen by Phil Steele Publications. In EWU’s three scrimmages in the spring, including the Red-White Game, Ojoh paced the defense in the three scrimmages with 16 tackles, and also had a sack and fumble recovery.
2018: Ojoh finished the season with 105 tackles to rank 27th all-time at EWU. He started the last six games of EWU’s seven-game winning streak from Oct. 17 to Dec. 15 and led the way with 58 tackles, a touchdown-saving interception, six quarterback hurries, a sack, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and a pass broken up
. He had a fumble recovery on a sack and forced fumble by Jim Townsend with 11 seconds left to clinch a 34-29 victory over UC Davis (12/8/18) in the quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs. He made his starting debut as an Eagle versus Cal Poly (9/22/18) and ended up starting eight total games. He had 11 tackles and a sack in the NCAA Division I Championship Game against North Dakota State (1/5/19), and also had 11 tackles versus Nicholls (12/1/18) in the second round of the playoffs. He had four performances with at least 10 tackles, including two with a career-high 11. He had 10 tackles, a forced fumble and a key quarterback hurry in a 59-20 victory over UC Davis (11/10/18).
2017: Played in all 11 games as a backup linebacker and on special teams. He finished his true freshman season with 18 tackles and was a significant contributor on special teams. In just his second game as an Eagle, he had five tackles with a half-sack versus Fordham (9/16/17). He had four tackles against North Dakota State (9/9/17) and four versus Montana (9/23/17), meaning 13 of his 18 tackles came in a three-game stretch. He had 16 tackles with a sack in three spring scrimmages, including five tackles and a sack in EWU’s Red-White Game. He helped lead the White to a 17-0 shutout of the Red, whose deepest penetrations of the game were the White 21 and 23 yard lines in the fourth quarter.
HS: Graduated from Bishop Alemany HS in 2017. His head coach in high school was James Washington. As a senior, he earned first team All-Mission League honors as a linebacker. He had 115 tackles (11.5 per game) with four sacks and a fumble recovery. Also played basketball and competed in track and field in high school. His Alemany teammates Johnny Edwards IV (’17) and Ely Doyle (‘18) also play for the Eagles, and Alemany was the high school home of former Eagle All-America quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. (’11). Ojoh was a two-star recruit by
scout.com and
rivals.com.
Personal: Communication studies major. Born 11/15/99 in Nigeria. Parents are Christopher Ojoh and Paulin Elad. Nickname is “Mojo”. Name is pronounced “o-joh.”
| Year |
GP |
TT |
Hi |
S |
TL-Yds |
FF-FR |
PBU |
I-Yds |
| 2017 |
11 |
18 |
5 |
0.5 |
1-4 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| 2018 |
15 |
105 |
11 |
2 |
10-38 |
1-1 |
3 |
1-0 |
| 2019 |
4 |
27 |
11 |
0 |
3-5 |
0-0 |
1 |
0-0 |
| Totals |
30 |
150 |
11 |
2.5 |
14-47 |
1-1 |
4 |
1-0 |
CHRIS OJOH Top Tackling Performances (4 with 10+)
11 tackles – Washington – 8/31/19
11 tackles – Nicholls – 12/1/18
10 tackles – UC Davis – 12/8/18
10 tackles – UC Davis – 11/10/18
