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Ulofoshio

Ulofoshio (6’/236) hails from Anchorage, Alaska, and didn’t have any national recruiting profile until he played his senior year at Bishop Gorman HS in Las Vegas. He accepted a preferred walk-on opportunity at Washington and was named Defensive Scout Team MVP before receiving 217 snaps of playing time in 2019 with a surprising 82nd-percentile PFF defensive grade. He dominated the shortened 2020 season by accumulating 47 tackles in only four games while earning Second Team All-Pac-12 recognition. An all-around contributor, Ulofoshio received 80th percentile performance grades for his tackling, run, and pass defense skills and seemed ready for stardom in 2021. However, after a strong first half of the season, he suffered a biceps injury that cost him the remainder of the campaign. To compound matters, an ACL tear soon followed, limiting his 2022 season to five part-time games where he recorded 10 tackles. He took advantage of the extra year of eligibility in 2023 and promptly put up his best season with 94 tackles, 8.0 TFL, and 3.0 sacks while earning First Team All-Pac-12 status for the CFP National Champion runners-up. The 24-year-old put on a track meet at the Combine, blazing a 1.53s 10-yard split (98th percentile) and 4.56s 40-yard dash (93rd percentile) to go with a ridiculous 39.5” vert (98th percentile) and 10’08” broad jump (97th percentile). A long, twitchy athlete who worked his way up from walk-on status to 2024 NFL Draft selection, few players have raised their profile more in the last year than Ulofoshio, and it’s a profile that certainly intrigued Bills head coach Sean McDermott. Ulofoshio was a constant presence in the middle for the Huskies during their magical Pac-12 Championship run and should be a plus special teamer with the freaky traits and length to eventually land in the Bills’ defensive rotation.

Ulofoshio (6'1/230) has been a key player within the Huskies defensive over three seasons in Washington, seeing action of 743 snaps over 12 starts with 17 pressures, 3.0 sacks, 46 stops while allowing just 8 completions on 17 targets over the past two years. Last season, Ulofoshio totaled 51 combined tackles (25 solo) with one pass defended and a 50.9 NFL passer rating when targeted. He was named PFF’s top off-ball linebacker by Anthony Treash, ahead of the likes of Noah Sewell (Oregon) and Trenton Simpson (Clemson).

Ulofoshio (6'1/230) has been an impact performer for the Huskis over the past three seasons, logging 743 snaps over 12 starts with 17 pressures, 3.0 sacks, 46 stops while allowing just 8 completions on 17 targets over the past two years. Last season, Ulofoshio totaled 51 combined tackles (25 solo) with one pass defended and a 50.9 NFL passer rating when targeted. Ulofoshio’s 90.2 defensive grade is second in the Pac-12 to only first-round NFL Utah linebacker Devin Lloyd, rarified air indeed.

Ulofoshio (6'1/230) will undoubtedly be a player to watch ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft, and that’s for reasons evident on both on the tape and on the stats sheet. Last season, Ulofoshio totaled 51 combined tackles (25 solo) with one pass defended. According to Pro Football Focus, Ulofoshio has the high pass-rush grade among Pac-12 linebackers since 2019 (92.0). That’s ahead of Devin Lloyd and Noah Sewell (83.7)

It’s a major loss for Washington, as Ulofoshio (6'1"/230) was a veteran LB in a thin room. Ulofoshio suffered the injury in winter workouts. He was good enough to land on a number of 2021 ward watchlists, and in just six games in 2021 racked up 51 tackles, putting him on pace for over a hundred for a full season.