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 4/30/06 Babatunde Oshinowo conference call
(opening statement)- “I am very relieved and excited. There are so many emotions going on because of what happened. I was glad to get the call and I’m excited about so many things. Being on the Browns, playing with Ted Washington and playing for coach Crennel. It’s a great thing.” (On his defensive position)- “I’m more like a defensive tackle and we have played in a 3-4 set for the past two years. I have played and had a lot of success in the system. That’s what I’ve been the most comfortable with. I would say nose tackle is the one thing that I do well.” (On the NFL combine)- “The combine went alright. I wanted to do a little better at some of the drills. I felt like the combine wasn’t the best representation of what I can do as a player. I’m not going to dwell on it much. I’m a football player and I like playing football.”
4/30/06 General Manager Phil Savage press conference (On Babatunde Oshinowo)- “He’s a nose tackle out of Stanford and was a player who we had rated high on our board. We were surprised to see him fall in the draft. A combination of Babatunde and Kamerion Wimbley versus Haloti Ngata, I feel pretty good that the trade worked out in the end. This is and established player who fits the defense as a nose guard. We were pleasantly surprised that he was there and we feel good about his chances on helping us with the convergence of the 3-4 defense.” (On Babatunde Oshinowo)- “I think he’s probably a true nose tackle. He hasn’t played a defensive end position. He’s pretty much been on the nose. I think initially he’ll be on the nose.” (On why the Browns waited to draft Baba Oshinowo)- “We had some other players that we were looking at. Day one, you put your list out there. Day two, you can jump around a little bit to try and play the board. There were a number of defensive linemen on the board going into the second day. We felt like we could wait and get one and we did.” BABATUNDE “Baba” OSHINOWO Nose Guard Stanford University Cardinal #96 6:01.3-302 Naperville, Illinois Neuqua Valley High School OVERVIEW One of the most physical run stuffers in the West, Babatunde Oshinowo (pronounced ba-ba- TOON-day OH-shi-no-who) has not only excelled for Stanford on the football field, but also in the classroom, earning All-Pac 120 Conference academic honors three times in his career. A force in the middle of the field, he combines intelligence, quickness, strength and determination to be a disruptive force in the opposing backfield. A co-term student working on a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, he went by O.J. as a true freshman, but changed to his given name of Babatunde in 2002. Baba earned Prep Star All-American honors as a senior defensive lineman at Neuqua Valley High School. Prep Star also ranked him as the seventh-best defensive line prospect in the Midwest. He added Super Prep All-Midwest Region honors and was a member of Max Emfinger's Top 300 recruit list. Academically, he was a National Achievement Scholar Finalist, National Merit Commended Award winner, Illinois State and Indian Prairie scholar and a six-time Academic All- Conference.
The two-time All-Area, All-Conference and Conference Defensive MVP accounted for 106
tackles, 28 stops behind the line of scrimmage and eleven quarterback sacks during his career. He recorded 48 tackles, 13 stops for losses, six sacks, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble as a senior, earning first-team All-State honors. He competed in the discus at the state track and field meet in 2000 and 2001 and also threw the shot put. Baba redshirted in 2001 at Stanford. He earned second-team Academic All-Pac 10 honors as a reserve nose guard in 2002. He collected 23 tackles (15 solos) with three sacks and five stops behind the line of scrimmage. He emerged from 2003 fall camp as the starting nose guard, a position he would keep for the next 33 games. He was a first-team Academic All-Pac 10 and All- District VIII choice, adding All-Pac 10 honorable mention. Baba made 25 tackles (17 solos) with four sacks, eight stops behind the line of scrimmage, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery that year. Oshinowo posted 41 tackles (29 solos) with 3.5 sacks and 5.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage in 2004, earning Tommy Vardell Award honors (player who best epitomizes excellence in both athletics and academics). He was again the recipient of the Tommy Vardell Award as a senior, coming up with a career-high 54 tackles (36 solos), 4.5 sacks and 10.5 stops for losses. He also caused a fumble and recovered two others. In 44 games with the Cardinal, Baba started 34 times. He recorded 143 tackles (97 solos) with fifteen sacks for minus 111 yards and 30 stops for losses of 149 yards. He caused two fumbles, recovered three others and deflected five passes. CAREER NOTES Started his last 34 games for the Cardinal…Durable athlete who never missed a game due to an injury…95 of his 143 tackles were registered during the last two years…Led the defense with 10.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage as a senior. 2005 SEASON Academic All-Pac 10 Conference and All-District VIII choice…Manned the nose guard position for the third consecutive year…Recipient of the Tommy Vardell Award player who best epitomizes excellence in both athletics and academics) for the second-straight season…Ranked fifth on the team with 54 tackles (36 solos), third with 4.5 sacks for minus 37 yards and led the Cardinal with a career-high 10.5 stops for losses of 51 yards…His 10.5 tackles behind the line of scrimmage were the most by a Stanford player since Coy Wire had twelve in 2001…Recovered two fumbles and caused another…Also deflected three passes. 2004 SEASON All-Pac 10 honorable mention (athletics), adding Academic All-Pac 10 first-team and Tommy Vardell Award honors…Started every game at nose guard, collecting 41 tackles (29 solos) with 3.5 sacks for minus 21 yards and 5.5 stops for losses of 18 yards. 2003 SEASON Named honorable mention All-Pac-10 Conference (athletics), first-team Academic All-Pac-10 and second-team District VIII Academic All-American…Won the Deswarte-Eller Award as the team's Most Outstanding Sophomore...Recorded 25 tackles (17 solos) while starting all eleven games...Led the team with four sacks for minus 30 yards and had eight stops for losses of 39 yards…Recovered and caused a fumble…Also deflected a pass. 2002 SEASON Second-team Academic All-Pac 10 Conference selection…Played in every game, starting vs. Notre Dame as a true freshman…Recorded 23 tackles (15 solos) in eleven games at nose guard…Had three sacks for minus 23 yards, five stops for losses of 31 yards and a pass deflection. 2001 SEASON Redshirted as a freshman. CAMPUS AGILITY TESTS 5.31 in the 40-yard dash…420-pound bench press…520-pound squat…35 ¼-inch arm length…9 7/8-inch hands. HIGH SCHOOL Attended Neuqua Valley (Naperville, Ill.) High School…Earned Prep Star All-American honors as a senior defensive lineman…Prep Star also ranked him as the seventh-best defensive line prospect in the Midwest…Added Super Prep All-Midwest Region honors and was a member of Max Emfinger's Top 300 recruit list…Academically, he was a National Achievement Scholar Finalist, National Merit Commended Award winner, Illinois State and Indian Prairie scholar and a six-time Academic All-Conference…The two-time All-Area, All-Conference and Conference Defensive MVP accounted for 106 tackles, 28 stops behind the line of scrimmage and eleven quarterback sacks during his career…He recorded 48 tackles, 13 stops for losses, six sacks, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble as a senior, earning first-team All-State honors…Competed in the discus at the state track and field meet in 2000 and 2001 and also threw the shot put. PERSONAL Co-term student working on a Master's and Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering... Went by O.J. as a true freshman, but changed to his given name of Babatunde in 2002... Was the Jazz Band Section leader (trombone) and Wind Symphony Orchestra section leader (baritone) in high school…Born Babatunde Oluwasegun Temitope Oluwakorede Adisa Oshinowo, Jr. on 1/14/83…Resides in Naperville, Illinois. |
