2014 Football Roster
Roster
Martin Nwakamma
- Height:
- 6-null
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Leander
- High School:
- Leander
HONORS
C-USA Honor Roll 2015
2018
Made his 14th career start at Southern Miss.. Added two points for the Owls at Hawai’i with a safety on a tackle of RB Fred Holly III in the end zone. Contributed a TFL on a fourth down play for a loss of two yards vs. Houston..
2017
Leading returning tackler for the Owls, finishing sixth on the squad last year with a career-high 40 stops… Played in all 12 games and made the first 10 starts of his career… Made his starting debut in the opener against Stanford in the Sydney Cup in Australia and was credited with three tackles… Credited seven stops vs. Army to set a career-high and matched that vs. North Texas in the season finale… Broke up a pass vs. ODU.
2016
Played in all 12 games and was credited with a career-high six tackles on the season, including a single-game best three at Army... Shared his first career TFL at Charlotte for a loss of two yards.
2015
Saw action in eight games... Made first career tackle at Florida Atlantic... A member of 2015 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Leander High School
Three time All-District 25-4A pick at linebacker for coach Lee Bridges... Finished his career with 241 tackles, four sacks and three interceptions, including 108 stops as a senior... A member of Dave Campbell's Texas Football's Texas Top 300 and in the Top 25 Linebackers... Qualified for state as a member of Leander's 4x200 relay... Three-time Academic All-District pick... Brother (Mark) plays basketball at Hartford.
Personal
Full name: Martin Onyebuchi Nwakamma... Born: Sept. 19 at Austin... Parents: Mark and Blessing Nwakamma (three brothers)... last name pronounced "Wa-Kah-Ma" ... Rice major: Kinesiology...Rice College: Duncan.
