Signed to reserve/future contract, 1/6/25…Signed to practice squad, 8/28/24…Waived, 8/27/24…Signed to a four-year contract, 5/9/24…Selected in the seventh round (239th overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft…A two-time All-Conference selection and 2023 FCS All-American, Ezirim was a key anchor on the Colonels' offensive line for their conference's most productive offense (437.4 yards per game) in 2023, when he started all 11 games at right tackle. They totaled 4,811 yards, scoring 37 touchdowns and averaging 29.5 points per game. He was selected as an Associated Press third-team All-American, voted first-team All-UAC by the league coaches and Phil Steele's UAC Offensive Lineman of the Year. In 2022, Phil Steele fourth-team All-Atlantic Sun Conference selection, when he played in all 12 games and opened the final eight contests at RT. Part of a line that helped EKU rank third nationally in passing offense per game (329.7 ypg.), fifth in third-down conversion percentage (51.9), tenth in total offense per game (451.3 ypg.), 11th in scoring offense (36.2 ppg.) and 18th in red zone offense (87.9 pct.). Helped EKU tally its highest point total in program history…In 2021, converted to the offensive side of the ball and played in five games…In 2020, saw action in six games along the defensive line and on special teams and recorded nine tackles…In 2019, played in ten games along the defensive line and finished his first season with three tackles…Graduated with a bachelor's degree in business…Helped Hilliard (Ohio) Davidson HS to an 11-2 record, a conference championship and a regional runner-up finish in 2018…Finished the season with 67 tackles (25 solo), three sacks and one forced fumble…Had 39 tackles and three sacks as a junior in 2017…Father, Emmanuel, moved from Nigeria to the United States when he was 13 and played soccer at Ohio State…In March, spent time with youth at the Westbank Boys and Girls Club, as the Saints and Coca-Cola collaborated to donate bottled water…In April, Ezirim, T Taliese Fuaga and C Erik McCoy teamed up with prominent New Orleans chefs and NOCCA students for a cooking competition featuring Dairy Max products and meals…Josiah Nnamdi Ezirim was born in Columbus, Ohio on May 21, 2001.
