Ejiro Egodogbare holds the NT · Starter spot in Houston Cougars’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Ejiro Egodogbare is a nose tackle from Milton, Massachusetts who attended Roxbury Latin School, where he earned Massachusetts High School Football Coaches Association All-State honors in 2019. He spent six seasons at Yale beginning in 2020, though he did not play in 2020 or 2021. Over his career with the Bulldogs, Egodogbare recorded 61 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss, and two blocked kicks. In 2024, his final season at Yale, he logged 30 tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss across eight games while earning All-Ivy League First Team recognition. He also returned a fumble for a touchdown against Princeton on November 16, 2024. Standing 6'3" and weighing 310 pounds, Egodogbare now joins Houston as a transfer.