2025 Football Roster
Roster
Kwabena Asamoah
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 311
- Hometown:
- Pickerington, Ohio
- High School:
- Pickerington Central
- Major:
- Labor Studies and Employment Relations
| PRONUNCIATION |
2025 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media)
2024 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media)
2024 Mark Mills Second Effort Award
2025 (Senior): Started all 12 games at right guard ... voted honorable mention All-Big Ten (12/4) by the coaches and media ... contributed to 533 yards of total offense and five touchdown drives versus Penn State (11/29) ... helped the team rush for 256 yards and pass for 229 yards with five touchdowns scored in win over Maryland (11/8) ... part of a unit that totaled 543 yards and held the ball for 36:58 in win at Purdue (10/25) ... offense totaled 493 yards at Washington (10/10) ... contributed to 400 yards of total offense and four touchdown drives against Iowa (9/19) ... part of unit that compiled 563 yards and six touchdowns versus Norfolk State (9/13) ... helped the team score six touchdowns and record 421 yards of total offense against Miami (Ohio) (9/6) ... part of an offense that posted 399 yards versus Ohio (8/28) ... named Preseason All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports (fourth team) (7/2) and Phil Steele (fourth team) (6/19).
2024 (Junior): Started all 13 games at right guard ... voted honorable mention All-Big Ten (12/3) by the coaches and media ... rated as the No. 16 offensive guard in the Big Ten by Pro Football Focus ... part of offensive line that earned a spot on the Joe Moore Award Midseason Honor Roll (10/10) ... helped the Scarlet Knights to 28.9 points per game, the best mark since 2008, and 4,975 yards of total offense, fourth-most in a season in program history ... team rushed for 175.3 yards per game to place third in the Big Ten for the program's best placement since joining the league ... offense permitted two or less sacks in 9-of-13 games with none allowed five times and converted on third down at a clip of 44 percent, the team's best mark in the Big Ten era ... team also ranked No. 21 nationally with just 4.38 tackles-for-loss permitted per game ... saw action in the Rate Bowl versus Kansas State (12/26) ... team totaled 208 rushing yards in victory at Michigan State (11/30) ... offense rushed for 213 yards with no sacks versus No. 24 Illinois (11/23) ... unit allowed no sacks and collected 370 yards of total offense in the win at Maryland (11/16) ... helped the offense total 349 yards and three touchdowns in win over Minnesota (11/9) ... part of three touchdown drives in win over Washington (9/27) ... helped the offense record 422 yards at Virginia Tech (9/21) ... part of unit that rushed for 285 yards with no sacks allowed against Akron (9/7) ... helped the offense rush for 329 yards with no sacks allowed versus Howard (8/29) ... earned the Mark Mills Second Effort Award (4/27) as the most improved offensive player during spring practice.
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 12 games with five starts at right guard ... part of unit that led the Big Ten in fewest sacks allowed per game (1.08) and ranked fifth in the league in rushing (168.7) ... saw action in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl win over Miami (12/28) ... offense rushed for a season-high 276 yards on 55 attempts at Indiana (10/21) ... unit totaled 436 yards of offense against Wagner (9/30) ... offense allowed no sacks and rushed for 256 yards to beat Virginia Tech (9/16) ... helped offense rush for 254 yards versus Temple (9/9) ... part of unit that allowed no sacks in the win over Northwestern (9/3).
2022 (Freshman): Started the last three games at left guard ... made collegiate debut at Michigan State (11/12) and helped offense total 460 yards.
Prior to Rutgers: Coached by Jay Sharett at Pickerington Central … played on the offensive and defensive lines during scholastic career … helped the Tigers to a 12-2 record, a perfect 5-0 mark in conference action and an appearance in the OHSAA quarterfinals … earned Second Team All-Central District by The Columbus Dispatch … helped Pickerington Central to an OHSAA title game appearance as a junior in 2020 … also earned all-district honors as a junior by The Columbus Dispatch … the No. 23 recruit in Ohio, the No. 33 overall guard recruit in the country and a three-star signee by Rivals … the No. 20 overall recruit from Ohio and rated three stars by 247Sports … a three-star prospect and top-50 guard prospect nationally by ESPN.
Major: Labor Studies and Employment Relations
