A 6-foot, 225-pound bulldozer of a running back now, Ozigbo didn’t even start playing the position until the
seventh grade. He was too big when he was younger. Coaches put him on the offensive line.
When he got to Nebraska, he started an October game his freshman season and carried the ball seven times for 70 yards but then got exactly seven carries total over the next month. He had 100 yards in the opener of his sophomore year against Fresno State but an ankle injury limited the rest of his season. He battled injuries again in 2017 behind a shaky offensive line.
The knock on Ozigbo throughout college was that he wasn’t fast enough. He was a one-trick running back. That’s what Scott Frost and his coaching staff were told when they took over at Nebraska in December of 2017.
But Ozigbo worked. About as hard as anyone. Strength coach Zach Duval loves him (Ozigbo earned Lifter of the Year) and Frost wishes he had another year with him. Ozigbo had only 26 more carries in 2018 than he did in 2017 and he doubled his yardage, producing the first 1,000-yard rushing season in four years.
