Player
Chidobe Awuzie
CB · Ravens
Chidobe Awuzie: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
Nine seasons, four teams — Awuzie has quietly logged 321 tackles and 76 pass defenses since 2017.
TrendAwuzie career by season
| Year | Team | TK | TFL | Sk | QBH | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | DAL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2018 | DAL | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 2019 | DAL | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| 2020 | DAL | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | CIN | 64 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 2022 | CIN | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | CIN | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | TEN | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | BAL | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
From Cowboys second-rounder to Bengals starter to Ravens veteran — Awuzie's path is the journeyman CB archetype. The 2021 Bengals season (15 PDs, Super Bowl run) is the career peak; everything after has been about staying healthy and on the field.
2021 was the breakout: 15 pass defenses for the AFC Champion Bengals.
MilestoneAwuzie left Dallas after four seasons (max 13 PDs) and immediately topped it in Cincinnati. His 15 pass defenses in 2021 ranked among the league's CB leaders and were the spine of a Bengals secondary that rode all the way to Super Bowl LVI.
It's the only season in which Awuzie cracked 64 tackles — peak volume, peak production, peak role.
Four forced fumbles in nine seasons — and they're spread across four different teams.
SplitAwuzie has forced a fumble in 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, and 2024 — five different seasons, four different uniforms (DAL, CIN, TEN). It's the consistent piece of his game even as his coverage volume has shrunk with each move.
2025 in Baltimore (7 PDs, 29 tackles, 1 QB hit through the season so far) looks like a rotational/nickel role — useful, not featured.
Ravens 2025: lowest tackle total since his 14-game 2017 rookie year.
ComparisonAwuzie's tackle volume tells the role story: 64 → 27 → 35 → 14 → 29 since the Bengals peak. The Ravens are using him as a depth/situational corner, not a 70%-snap starter.
The 7 PDs in 2025 are still respectable for a part-time role, but the 0 sacks and 1 QB hit confirm he's not being asked to blitz from the slot the way Cincinnati used him.
Only 1 career sack (a half-sack in 2019) across 9 seasons — pure coverage CB.
RareAwuzie has been credited with exactly one half-sack in his entire career (2019, Cowboys). For a defender who has played nearly a decade, that's the signature of a dedicated zone/man corner — not a slot blitzer or a hybrid safety.
The rest of the line is built on traditional CB production: tackles in space, pass break-ups, and the occasional ball-out forced fumble.
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