2023 Football Roster
Roster
Ezeiruaku, Donovan

Jersey Number 6
Donovan Ezeiruaku
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 251
- Hometown:
- Williamstown, N.J.
- High School:
- Williamstown
Bio
2024 (Senior): Finished his career as one of the top pass rushers and defensive players in BC history... ACC Defensive Player of the Year and a three-time ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week... became BC's 13th Consensus All-American with first-team honors from the AP, AFCA and The Sporting News as well as second-team honors from the Walter Camp Football Foundation... honored with the Ted Hendricks Award as college football's top defensive end... tied the program's single-season sack record at 16.5, which was tops in the country in the regular season... led all of FBS with 1.38 sacks per game... BC captain finished second on the team with 80 tackles and first with 20.5 tackles for loss, which ranked second in the country and first in the ACC... started the season with two sacks at Florida State (9/2)... registered a sack and six tackles at Missouri (9/14)... posted two sacks, 2.5 TFLs and eight tackles against Michigan State (9/21)... garnered a season-high 14 tackles with three sacks, including a game-changing strip sack, and four TFLs against Western Kentucky (9/28)... contributed 10 tackles with a sack and two TFLs at Virginia (10/5)... forced a fumble and made six tackles at Virginia Tech (10/17)... chipped in with six tackles against Louisville (10/25)... posted two sacks, including a strip sack for a safety, with four tackles against Syracuse (11/9)... recorded five tackles at SMU (11/16)... made six tackles with two sacks and four quarterback hurries against North Carolina (11/23)... finished the season with 10 tackles and a career-high 3.5 sacks plus another TFL and three QB hurries vs. Pittsburgh (11/30).
2023 (Junior): Started all 13 games and was fourth on the team in tackles with 53… totaled 6.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, two forced fumbles and seven quarterback hurries… season-high nine tackles against Northern Illinois (9/2) with a TFL… posted five tackles vs. Florida State (9/16)... recorded six tackles and two sacks against Virginia (9/30)... registered five tackles at Army (10/7) and forced a fumble… three tackles and a TFL at Georgia Tech (10/21)... made four tackles and a TFL vs. Connecticut (10/28)... contributed five tackles at Syracuse (11/3)... posted five tackles at Pittsburgh (11/16)... forced a fumble and recorded four total tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, vs. SMU (12/28) at the Wasabi Fenway Bowl.
2022 (Sophomore): All-ACC Second Team pick… played in all 12 games… totaled 61 tackles with 35 solos… led the team in sacks (8.5), TFLs (14.5), and forced fumbles (3)... season-high eight solos with two TFLs, one sack, and two forced fumbles against Rutgers (9/3)… made five tackles and a sack against Maine (9/17)... six tackles with two QBH and one PBU against Louisville (10/1)… posted five tackles and a sack against Clemson (10/8)... one sack in a three-tackle game at Wake Forest (10/22)... contributed six tackles and a sack at Connecticut (10/29)... made seven tackles, forced a fumble and recorded a sack against Duke (11/4)... nine total tackles, including three TFLs and season-high 2.5 sacks against Syracuse (11/26).
2021 (Freshman): Played in 10 games off the bench … totaled 21 tackles, including 14 solos, with four tackles for loss and three sacks … Debuted with three tackles, two TFLs and a sack against Colgate (9/4) ... picked up a sack and two tackles at Temple (9/18) ... made three stops at Clemson (10/2) ... three solo tackles against NC State (10/16) ... season-high six tackles with a sack vs. Wake Forest (11/27).
High School: Three-star recruit by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals… graded as the No. 16 player in New Jersey by Rivals, No. 26 by ESPN and No. 34 by 247 Sports… captained Williamstown and provided 47 tackles and two sacks in 2020 … helped guide one of South Jersey's top defenses in 2020 with nine tackles for loss and 11 quarterback hurries … led his team to a 7-2 record as a senior and a huge 6-0 victory over St. Augustine in the West Jersey Football League Bracket C final … tallied more than 50 tackles with 7.5 sacks in 2019… played 7on7 for NLG.
Personal: Son of Sonyx and Cindy Ezeiruaku … a management major enrolled in the Carroll School of Management ... recipient of the Fish Cornerstone Scholarship Fund.
2023 (Junior): Started all 13 games and was fourth on the team in tackles with 53… totaled 6.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, two forced fumbles and seven quarterback hurries… season-high nine tackles against Northern Illinois (9/2) with a TFL… posted five tackles vs. Florida State (9/16)... recorded six tackles and two sacks against Virginia (9/30)... registered five tackles at Army (10/7) and forced a fumble… three tackles and a TFL at Georgia Tech (10/21)... made four tackles and a TFL vs. Connecticut (10/28)... contributed five tackles at Syracuse (11/3)... posted five tackles at Pittsburgh (11/16)... forced a fumble and recorded four total tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, vs. SMU (12/28) at the Wasabi Fenway Bowl.
2022 (Sophomore): All-ACC Second Team pick… played in all 12 games… totaled 61 tackles with 35 solos… led the team in sacks (8.5), TFLs (14.5), and forced fumbles (3)... season-high eight solos with two TFLs, one sack, and two forced fumbles against Rutgers (9/3)… made five tackles and a sack against Maine (9/17)... six tackles with two QBH and one PBU against Louisville (10/1)… posted five tackles and a sack against Clemson (10/8)... one sack in a three-tackle game at Wake Forest (10/22)... contributed six tackles and a sack at Connecticut (10/29)... made seven tackles, forced a fumble and recorded a sack against Duke (11/4)... nine total tackles, including three TFLs and season-high 2.5 sacks against Syracuse (11/26).
2021 (Freshman): Played in 10 games off the bench … totaled 21 tackles, including 14 solos, with four tackles for loss and three sacks … Debuted with three tackles, two TFLs and a sack against Colgate (9/4) ... picked up a sack and two tackles at Temple (9/18) ... made three stops at Clemson (10/2) ... three solo tackles against NC State (10/16) ... season-high six tackles with a sack vs. Wake Forest (11/27).
High School: Three-star recruit by 247 Sports, ESPN and Rivals… graded as the No. 16 player in New Jersey by Rivals, No. 26 by ESPN and No. 34 by 247 Sports… captained Williamstown and provided 47 tackles and two sacks in 2020 … helped guide one of South Jersey's top defenses in 2020 with nine tackles for loss and 11 quarterback hurries … led his team to a 7-2 record as a senior and a huge 6-0 victory over St. Augustine in the West Jersey Football League Bracket C final … tallied more than 50 tackles with 7.5 sacks in 2019… played 7on7 for NLG.
Personal: Son of Sonyx and Cindy Ezeiruaku … a management major enrolled in the Carroll School of Management ... recipient of the Fish Cornerstone Scholarship Fund.
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