Ondre Pipkins

Ondre Pipkins (born February 25, 1994) is an American football defensive end who is currently a member of the Quad City Steamwheelers. He played college football at Texas Tech. He signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2017.

Ondre Pipkins
Pipkins in 2017
Quad City Steamwheelers
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1994-02-25) February 25, 1994
Saginaw, Michigan
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:321 lb (146 kg)
Career information
High school:Kansas City (MO) Park Hill
College:Texas Tech
Undrafted:2017
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Early life

A native of Saginaw, Michigan, Pipkins grew up idolizing Saginaw High School players LaMarr Woodley, Charles Rogers, Roy Manning, and Anthony Roberson. His father, Al Pipkins, was an assistant coach at Saginaw. At the age of six, Pipkins moved to Atlanta, Georgia. He later returned to Michigan, spending his freshman high school season at Rochester Adams High School, before attending Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Missouri, for his remaining three years.[1][2]

At Park Hill, Pipkins was an All-American defensive lineman. Regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Pipkins was listed as the third best defensive tackle in his class.[3] In January 2012, he was rated by Rivals as 14th in its ranking of the Top 100 recruits in the country.[4][5]

College career
Pipkins with Michigan in 2012

As a true freshman in 2012, Pipkins appeared in 12 games as a reserve defensive tackle. He made his career debut against Alabama, which featured All-American interior linemen Barrett Jones and Chance Warmack, registering one tackle.

Pipkins arrived in camp for the 2013 season, he had lost more than 30 pounds from 347 pounds as a freshman to 315 pounds in August 2013. Pipkins said he was in the best shape of his life.[6] Through the first two games of the 2013 season, Pipkins registered two tackles before tearing his ACL and sitting out the rest of the season.[7] In 2015, Pipkins, citing pressure to medically retire at Michigan, transferred to continue his career at Texas Tech.[8][9]

Professional career

Pipkins signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2017.[10] He was waived on September 2, 2017,[11] but later re-signed to the team's practice squad on October 19, 2017.[12]

Pipkins signed a reserve/future contract with the Redskins on January 1, 2018.[13] On September 1, 2018, he was waived for final roster cuts before the start of the 2018 season.[14] He then signed with the Arizona Hotshots for the 2019 season,[15] but was waived during final roster cuts on January 30, 2019.[16] He signed with the Quad City Steamwheelers of the Indoor Football League on October 13th, 2019.

References
  1. http://www.mlive.com/sports/saginaw/index.ssf/2011/08/michigan_football_commit_ondre.html
  2. Kyle Austin (August 11, 2011). "Michigan football commit Ondre Pipkins: Saginaw is "always going to be home"". The Saginaw News.
  3. "2012 Prospect Ranking: Rivals.com defensive tackles". Yahoo Sports.
  4. Kyle Meinke (January 17, 2012). "Ondre Pipkins surpasses Kyle Kalis as Michigan's top football recruit, according to latest ranking". AnnArbor.com.
  5. "Park Hill's Pipkins, headed to Michigan". Kansas City Star. February 1, 2012.
  6. Nick Baumgardner (August 2013). "Michigan DT Ondre Pipkins says he's in the best shape of his life, and ready to turn a corner". Mlive.com.
  7. "Michigan Football Statistics (2-game Totals)". University of Michigan. September 8, 2013.
  8. Schad, Joe. "DL Ondre Pipkins: Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, staff pressured me to quit". ESPN. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  9. Schad, Joe. "Ondre Pipkins transfers to Texas Tech". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  10. Czarda, Stephen (May 4, 2017). "Redskins Sign Eight College Free Agents". Redskins.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017.
  11. "9/2: Redskins Make Roster Moves". Redskins.com. September 2, 2017.
  12. "Redskins Place Jonathan Allen On Injured Reserve, Sign A.J. Francis To Active Roster". Redskins.com. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  13. "Redskins Sign 11 Players To Reserve/Future Contracts". Redskins.com. January 1, 2018. Archived from the original on January 3, 2018.
  14. "9/1: Redskins Make Roster Moves". Redskins.com. September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  15. "Arizona Hotshots football 2019 schedule, roster, coaching staff". azcentral. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  16. "Arizona Hotshots Week One Game Time Changed". oursportscentral.com. February 2, 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
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