Ernest Owusu Hometown: Nashville, TN High School: The Hun School of Princeton/Father Ryan HS Height / Weight: 6-5 / 270 Position: DL Birthdate: 05/26/1988 Experience: 2007-11

CAL CAREER (Career Stats): Has played in 29 games with nine starts, contributing 26 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss (-31 yards), 3.5 sacks (-24 yards) and three pass breakups ... two-time second-team Pac-10 All-Academic choice and one-time first-team ESPN All-District® 8 All-Academic selection.

2011 (Game-By-Game Stats)

2010 (Game-By-Game Stats): Played in all 12 games and moved into a primary starting role with starts in each of the season's first nine games before coming off the bench in the final three ... recorded a career-high 14 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss (-10 yards) and 1.5 sacks (-9 yards), as well as a career-high two pass breakups ... twice had a career-high-tying four tackles vs. Colorado and UCLA, adding 1.0 tackle for loss and 0.5 sacks for no gain vs. the Buffaloes, and 0.5 tackles for loss (-1 yard) and a quarterback hurry against the Bruins ... had a pair of tackles in back-to-back contests at Oregon State and Washington State, also picking up a sack for nine yards against the Beavers ... had single tackles vs. Arizona State and Washington, as well as a pass breakups at Nevada and vs. Oregon ... had a huge year in the classroom, earning first-team ESPN All-District® 8 and second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selections.

2009 (Game-By-Game Stats): Played in 12 games off the bench primarily as a reserve defensive lineman, and finished the season with seven tackles, a career-high 3.0 tackles for loss (-18 yards), a career-high 2.0 sacks (-15 yards) and one pass breakup ... recorded all of his sacks and tackles for loss in the season-opener vs. Maryland, with the 3.0 tackles for loss tying for the most by a Cal player in 2009 while both were career highs ... also had a season-high three tackles and his first career pass breakup vs. the Terrapins ... added two tackles in the second game of the season vs. Eastern Washington and then one each at UCLA and at Washington in the regular-season finale ... second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection.

2008 (Game-By-Game Stats): Played in five games off the bench, recording five tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss (-3 yards) ... had a career-high-tying four stops in his collegiate debut against Colorado State ... his other stop was a tackle for loss (-3 yards) in the regular-season finale vs. Washington.

2007: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Took a prep year in 2006 at The Hun School of Princeton after his 2005 senior season at Father Ryan High School ... listed as a three-star prospect by Rivals, which also ranked him the No. 24 prospect on its top-50 listing for prep schools ... had 60 tackles and 12.0 sacks in 2005 as a senior at Father Ryan and posted nearly identical numbers in 2006 at The Hun School of Princeton with 62 tackles, 13.0 sacks and an interception.

PERSONAL: Full name is Ernest John Yaw Owusu Jr. ... born May 26, 1988 ... parents are Ernest and Margaret Owusu ... major is political economy.

CAREER STATISTICS

OWUSU'S CAREER GAME HIGHS
Tackles: 4 (three times, last vs. UCLA, 2010)
Tackles For Loss: 3.0 (vs. Maryland, 2009)
Tackle For Loss Yards: 18 (vs. Maryland, 2009)
Sacks: 2.0 (vs. Maryland, 2009)
Sack Yards: 15 (vs. Maryland, 2009)
Quarterback Hurries: 1 (vs. UCLA, 2010)
Pass Breakups: 1 (three times, last vs. Oregon, 2010)

LAST UPDATED: October 11, 2011