B.J OJULARI 2020 PROFILE

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6'3
 218 lbs
 MARRIETTA HIGH SCHOOL STATS:
 328 TOTAL TACKLES
 280 SOLO
 31 SACKS
 5 FUMBLE RECOVERIES
 4 FORCED FUMBLES
 
                Decommitting from Tennessee after only 2 months was the smartest decision B.J Ojulari ever made...which just geauxs to show how much team performance during a season can affect the recruiting process at the final hurdle.
                Losing an SEC Championship for to a rival for a 5 Star's signature (for example) could mean a double jeopardy defeat for any program, losing on the field in the present and future in one stroke.
                Tennessee's loss was LSU's gain as the bombastic, beautiful, clinical, soul machine of 2019 LSU didn't just make history on the field currently, they created a dynasty for the future of Orgeron's Tigers: 
               Arik Gilbert arrived, Eli Ricks signed early on that season (tweeting how proud he was to be apart of the Tigers after the Bama victory) and highly sought B.J Ojulari also signed hot on the heels of many recent Georgia-natives to play at LSU (single season sacks leader Arden Key, 7th all time tackler and current Director of Player Development Kelvin Sheppard, corner Jay Ward, DE T.K McLendon, DE Phillip Webb, FB Tory Carter, former Tiger drafted by the Miami Dolphins Blake Ferguson and the "Heir to The Ferguson Throne" long snapper Quentin Skinner, and 2021 commits Khari Gee and Zavier Carter).
               Ojulari didn't just slip right outta Tennessee's hands: even with B.J's older brother Azeez starting at LB for the UGA (and is on the 2020 preseason Butkus watch list), Georgia coach Kirby Smart somehow still had no chance. 
  For a kid who's older brother plays at an NFL level, who's family descends from a Nigerian king and who's famous grandfather was famous artist Prince Twins Seven-Seven, it's not much of a stretch to expect some kind of brilliant impact from the freshman in 2020.
                I expect big things from Ojulari, yet another Georgia-native prized away from Kirby Smart thanks to LSU's formidable national brand. Learning under LSU's D-Line staff will be massive, especially with new additions Christian LaCoutoure and Bennie Logan on the staff.

                Already considered a prime contender for the two starting defensive end roles alongside Andre Anthony, Phillip Webb or Travez Moore, the freshman has an emphatic edge over his teammates.
               Ojulari is a massive warrior-drone, a seething abyss of medieval rampage, a Pandora's box of turbulence not to be reckoned with...unless you want an eye, an arm and a face removed.
                Not merely a pass rusher, B.J is a true defensive force, making his name across from current LSU teammate Arik Gilbert as an intuitive, transcendental defensive end on Marietta High's powder keg D-line.
                Posting historic numbers during his four year stint on varsity, Ojulari averaged a disgusting 7.6 tackles per game, acting as both Marrietta's Ray Lewis at LB and their K'Lavon Chaisson (when rushing the passer)....adept at either spot.
                We feel Ojulari will start vs Mississippi State Week 1, proving himself to be of maximum ass-kicking quality on contact, on demand...keeping a firm eye on SEC Freshman of the Year honors.
  In a press conference today, Orgeron said he believed Ojulari "looks fantastic, had 5 or 6 sacks in practice and we believe he'll start for us on 3rd down"...and I have to say that sounds like high praise for a freshman, however from what we've witnessed Orgeron is blowing smoke:

  They know just how damn good Ojulari is and what an incredible weapon he'll become. We feel once Orgeron sees the inefficiency of leaning on Andre Anthony and Travez Moore to rush the passer for 10 SEC games (probably a game or two into the season), Ojulari and Phillip Webb will see much more of the field along the D-Line rotation.
  I hate hype-killing a player's game...however this is just an inherent truth one must reckon with when discussing Ojulari: When judging the former Marietta High superstar's attributes, his personality, energy, stamina, hand movement, his pace off the line, the fact he pursues the play until burying the ball-carrier yards down the field, I see nothing but greatness and no ceilings for the young man.
  He storms across the field like a dragon, detonating opponents into the ground with sandwiching tackles, slamming bodies down left and ride like this was the Sands of Iwo Jima...Ojulari, doesn't play football, he attacks the very nature of "the game".
  There's a snap against the McEachern Indians (from Powder Springs, Georgia) where Ojulari blows by the left tackle as if the highly ranked LT has "Casper the Friendly Ghost" written on the back of his jersey and dissects the read option, attempting to consume the running back upon arrival had the McEachern QB handed it off; Once the quarterback fakes the give, he looks as if he has a patch of daylight to fly out of the backfield, away from this terrifying scenario in which B.J Ojulari may wreak havoc upon your poor soul. Instead, Ojulari executed the destruction of the play so well he arrived just in time to somehow move around the running back, not bite on the fake and also grab hold of the rushing quarterback from behind and literally toss him to the ground like a piece of used toilet paper.
  It is a quite thrilling view: play beginning at 1:02.
  He faced some of the best players in the country, as Georgia constantly ranks as one of the highest producers of collegiate or NFL talents, and yet he ostracized the faces of these opponents, clearly out-matching them physically, athletically, intellectually as a football player and mentally after the humiliation of having the ball smashed out of your grasp by Ojulari or your field goal blocked or right as you caught the ball just beyond the line of scrimmage, nothing but open space in view, you were derailed by B.J flying out of nowhere and administering brutal punishment.
  There's a way he can dominate a game which excites me as he plays on the same squad with Derek Stingley Jr, Cor'dale Flott, Eli Ricks, Damone Clark, Jabril Cox, Tyler Shelvin and Jacoby Stevens all on the same team at the same time.

  There are no excuses for LSU's defense this season, with a rapture of endless talent including the best secondary in college football and the four best defensive players in the country (Stingley, Stevens, Shelvin and Cox), led by wise fox Bo Pelini, Bill Johnson now entrenched at D-Line Coach working with Orgeron, Christian LaCoutoure, Bennie Logan and Keith Sanchez while Corey Raymond and Bill Busch watch over DBU, assisted by DBU Alum Dwayne Thomas.
  There are no excuses: this is a championship defense already, it will be even better in 2020...it must be.
  And unless Ojulari receives marginal playing time (ala Marcel Brooks), there are no excuses for Ojulari being unable to deliver a play-making, history-taking, legendary, incendiary season of crowd-pleasin', Saban-wheezin' QB treason.
 
 PROJECTIONS: 9.5 Sacks, 14.5 TFL, 34 tackles, 3 deflected passes, 2 forced fumbles