Emmanuel Olagbaju holds the RDT · Backup spot in Iowa Hawkeyes’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Emmanuel Olagbaju is a 6'2", 314-pound right defensive tackle from Osseo, Minnesota who transferred to Iowa as a redshirt junior. Olagbaju spent two seasons at St. Thomas, appearing in four games across 2023 and 2024. In 2023, he recorded 11 tackles with 1.5 for loss. During the 2024 campaign, he logged nine tackles including one for loss in two games before sustaining an injury that ended his season. A business major and Honor Roll student, Olagbaju was a high school teammate of current Hawkeye Bryce Hawthorne.

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