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CAL CAREER:Has played in 16 games, including 11 in 2009, making 12 tackles with two sacks, 4.0 tackles for loss and a pass breakup ... had 3.0 TFL in 2009 season opener vs. Maryland (tie for single-game team high in 2009)
2009:Playing in 11 games, has contributed 7 tackles, 3.0 TFL (-18), 2 sacks (-15) and a pass breakup ... a Pac-10 All-Academic second-team selection
Individual Game-By-Game: vs. Maryland: 3 solo tackles, 3.0 TFL (-18) and 2.0 sacks (-15) • vs. EWU: 2 tackles • at Minnesota: no stats • at Oregon: no stats • vs. USC: no stats • at UCLA: solo tackle • vs. WSU: no stats • at ASU: no stats • vs. OSU: no stats • vs. Arizona: 4 tackles,1 FR, 1 PBU• at Stanford: DNP • at Washington: 1 tackle
2008: Played in six games, recording five tackles and 1.0 TFL including a career-high four stops against Colorado State ... his other stop was a TFL in the regular season finale vs. Washington.
2007: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Took a prep year in 2006 at the Hun Preparatory School after his 2005 senior season at Father Ryan High School in Nashville, Tennessee ... listed as a three-star prospect by Rivals.com, which also ranked him the No. 24 prospect on its Prep School Top-50 listing ... 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 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 undeclared but considering Political Economies of Industrial Societies.
LAST UPDATED: December 18, 2009
