K.C. Asiodu, 6'3" 240LB, Central Oklahoma State
Rankings: Pro Football Weekly: 57th (of 58)-ranked outside linebacker. Graded as a free agent who could be in an NFL training camp but will likely need time in a developmental league.
NFLDraftScout.com: 60th-ranked OLB. Free agent.
Biography/Honors:
Played in 2009 Cactus Bowl.
2008: Transferred to UCO. In 11 games, he had 74 tackles, 12.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, 3 INTs, (104 return yards), 5 pass breakups, 3 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries.
2006: Made All-Academic Mountain West Conference team. Linebacker for UNLV in ten games (six starts). 35 tackles and 2 fumble recoveries.
2005: Played safety in ten games (four starts) for UNLV. 26 tackles, 3.5 for loss.
Major: Political science.
Injuries: Hip surgery held him to only three games in 2007.
Pro Day Stats:
nothing available. There isn't much available out there about Asiodu, period.
NFLDraftScout.com lists his 40 time as 4.67; James Laurinaitis ran a 4.88.
Positives: Superb, chiseled athlete with great speed. Smart player and quick learner with good instincts. Nose for the ball, tries to force turnovers. Should be a Spagnuolo type of player. Converted safety plays naturally in pass coverage.
Negatives: Needs to add bulk; weighed 230 coming out of college. Suspended by team but not ultimately charged by police for felony theft as part of a theft ring in 2006. Eight UNLV athletes (including a cheerleader, awesomely), one a clerk at the store, took approximately $3,450 from an Abercrombie and Fitch store at Caesar's Palace over a two-month period in 2006. Asiodu's alleged take was about $400 but there was not enough evidence to charge him.
Fun Fact: K.C. is an abbreviation of Asiodu's birthname, Ekenemchukwu, which is the 422,800th most common first name in the United States. (His mother's name is Scholastica.) If I'm using Pro-Football-Reference.com's search function properly, he's only the second player in NFL history named K.C. And oddly, neither one of them was a Chief, though Casey Wiegmann did play there for seven years.
RamView: Besides special teams, it sounds like K.C.'s best chance to make the Rams is as a strongside LB in passing situations. The Rams don't have a LB outside of Will Witherspoon with much ability in pass coverage, being a former safety may prop the door to the roster open long enough for K.C. to slip in. Thumbs down, because I don't think the Rams have done near enough about their strongside LB problem this offseason. You've got Chris Draft, who's getting old, and a bunch of street free agent-quality guys. I'm not sure how much an undersized small-school LB is supposed to help, unless he happens to be London Fletcher.
Sources: 2009 Pro Football Weekly Draft Preview, NFL.com, CBSSports.com, LSCScoop.com, bronchosports.com, UNLV athletics website, Las Vegas Review-Journal, TheVistaOnline.com, Sporting News
photo from stlouisrams.com
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