Honors and Awards
2017: Academic All-Big Ten
2016: All-Big Ten honorable mention (consensus), Academic All-Big Ten
2015: All-Big Ten honorable mention (media), Academic All-Big Ten
2014: Academic All-Big Ten
Career: Played in 49 games with 31 starts … made 95 total tackles, including 9.0 TFLs and 4.0 sacks … started all 13 games for UW unit that ranked No. 1 nationally in scoring defense (13.7 ppg) and No. 2 in total defense (268.5 ypg) in 2015 ... part of winningest senior class in school history, posting four-year record of 45-10 that included 29-5 mark in Big Ten play and 11-1 record in rivalry games … part of four consecutive bowl game wins, four straight seasons of 10-plus wins and three Big Ten West Division titles … contributor to one of the of nation’s elite units, with UW ranking No. 2 nationally in scoring defense (16.0 ppg), No. 2 in rushing defense (104.8 ypg), No. 2 in pass efficiency defense (103.9) and No. 3 in total defense (281.7 ypg) over the span of his four-year career
2017 Season: Earned fourth letter, playing in 8 games ... missed 6 games due to injury ... shared Jimmy Demetral Team MVP award with fellow senior teammates... notched 11 tackles … contributed to unit that ranked No. 2 nationally in total defense (262.1 yards per game), No. 3 in scoring defense (13.9 points per game), No. 3 in rushing defense (98.4 ypg) and No. 1 in pass efficiency defense (96.4) … made season-high 4 tackles vs. Ohio State in Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 2 ... notched 1 tackle vs. Miami in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 30 ... racked up 3 tackles at Minnesota on Nov. 25 ... had 1 tackle vs. Michigan on Nov. 18 ... made 1 tackle vs. Iowa on Nov. 11 ... recorded 1 tackle vs. Utah State on Sept. 1Â
2016 Season: Earned third letter, playing in all 14 games with 11 starts … finished with 22 tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, and 4 pass breakups … logged 2 pass breakups and 2 tackles, both solo stops, in Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Western Michigan on Jan. 2 … recorded 3 tackles and recovered a fumble in Lambeau Field College Classic vs. LSU on Sept. 3 … had season-high 5 tackles vs. Nebraska on Oct. 29 … recorded 3 tackles and 1.0 sack vs. Minnesota on Nov. 26
2015 Season: Earned second letter, starting all 13 games at defensive end … recorded 41 tackles, including 5.0 TFLs and 1.0 sack … recorded career-high seven tackles vs. Northwestern on Nov. 21 … had five tackles, including 1.0 TFL, in season opener vs. Alabama on Sept. 5 … logged five stops vs. Troy on Sept. 19 … recorded four tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, at Maryland on Nov. 7 … had four tackles, including 1.0 TFL, vs. Purdue on Oct. 17 … made four tackles in Holiday Bowl vs. USC on Dec. 30 … recorded three tackles at Nebraska on Oct. 10 and vs. Illinois on Oct. 24
2014 Season: Earned first letter, playing in all 14 games with seven starts at defensive end ... finished season with 21 total tackles, including 2.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks ... contributed to Badgers unit that ranked No. 4 in total defense (294.1 yards per game) and No. 17 in scoring defense (20.8 points per game) ... made Badgers debut with a career-high six tackles, including 0.5 TFL, vs. LSU on Aug. 30 ... made first career start and recorded a pass breakup vs. Western Illinois on Sept. 6 ... recorded three tackles vs. Bowling Green on Sept. 20 ... made two tackles vs. Auburn in Outback Bowl on Jan. 1 ... logged two tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss and first career sack vs. Illinois on Oct. 11 ... notched two tackles at Northwestern on Oct. 4 ... tallied two tackles vs. South Florida on Sept. 27 ... made one tackle vs. Ohio State in Big Ten Football Championship Game on Dec. 6, vs. Minnesota on Nov. 22, vs. Nebraska on Nov. 15 and vs. Maryland on Oct. 25
2013 Season: Redshirt season
High School: Four-star recruit according to Rivals ... rated three stars by ESPN and Scout ... ranked as the No. 45 defensive end by Scout, No. 46 by ESPN ... rated the No. 1 recruit in the state of Wisconsin by Rivals, No. 2 by ESPN ... selected to 2013 Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl ... finished three-year varsity career with 223 tackles, 49 tackles for loss, 17 sacks, nine forced fumbles, six fumble recoveries and an interception ... first-team all-state by Associated Press and WFCA ... first-team all-conference, first-team all-area according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a senior ... finished senior season with 101 tackles, 24 TFLs, 7.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries ... first-team all-conference, honorable mention all-area as a junior ... had 83 tackles, 15.5 TFLs, six sacks and two forced fumbles during junior season ... head coach was Jamie Meulemans
Personal: Full name is Chikwerendu Obasih ... father is Kemakolam Obasih ... sister, Chidera Obasih, competes in track and field at Indiana State ... father was born and raised in Nigeria before moving to the United States at age 17 when he received a full academic scholarship to Ohio University ... volunteered on Boy Scouts service projects and as youth football coach ... graduated in December 2017 with degrees in finance, investment & banking and risk management & insurance
Career Game Highs |
Tackles |
7 vs. Northwestern, Nov. 21, 2015 |
Tackles for Loss |
1.5 (3x), MR vs.Maryland, Nov. 7, 2015 |
Sacks |
1.0 (3x) MR vs. Minnesota, Nov. 26, 2016 |
Interceptions |
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Passes Defended |
2 vs. Western Michigan, Jan. 2, 2017 |