C. J. Ogbonna

C.J. Ogbonna (born June 27, 2001) is an American football quarterback. He previously played for the Hutchinson Blue Dragons, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks and the Buffalo Bulls.

Early life Ogbonna was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but grew up in Marietta, Georgia where he attended Wheeler High School.

Out of high school, Ogbonna chose to play at the junior college (JUCO) level for Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kansas.

College career

Hutchinson Community College Ogbonna did not see any action in his freshman season in 2019. In the 2020-2021 season for Hutchinson, Ogbonna was the starting quarterback and played in 6 of the teams 8 games (missing two due to an injury.) He completed 57 of 92 passing attempts while recording 736 passing yards, 8 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. At the end of his sophomore season, Hutchinson was down 21-10 to Snow College in the NJCAA National Football Championship when Ogbonna entered the game with under 5 minutes in the 3rd quarter and Hutchinson won the game 29-27 with Ogbonna going 5-5 on passing attempts with 128 passing yards.

Ogbonna was named to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team in 2021.

Buffalo In Ogbonna's first season at Buffalo he sat behind Cole Snyder and was used as a change of pace quarterback with the threat of running. In the 2023 season, he recorded 214 rushing yards and 3 rushing touchdowns. He finished the season with 190 completions on 336 attempts, 2,381 passing yards, 19 passing touchdowns, to 5 interceptions; while rushing for 343 yards on 123 attempts and scoring a career best 8 rushing touchdowns. just weeks later on January 27, 2025, Ogbonna announced that he would be declaring for the 2025 NFL draft.

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