Awuzie started the first eight games of the 2022 season before suffering a season-ending knee injury on Oct. 31 ... Tied for the team lead with five PDs at the time of his injury ... One of the headliners of Cincinnati's 2021 free agency class, he proved to be among the team's top defenders during run to Super Bowl LVI ... Battled groin and foot injuries in debut Bengals season, while also spending time on Reserve/COVID-19 list, but played and started 14 games ... Started all four postseason games for Cincinnati, and had an INT on the Rams' first play of the second half in Super Bowl LVI ... Originally a second-round pick of Dallas in 2017 and spent his first four NFL seasons with Cowboys ... Reserve CB as a rookie, before moving into starting role his final three seasons in Dallas.
Selected by Dallas in second round of 2017 NFL Draft (60th overall) ... Signed with Cowboys on 5-12-17 ... Cowboys contract expired on 3-17-21; became unrestricted free agent ... Signed with Cincinnati as unrestricted free agent on 3-19-21.
2017—Played in 10 games (six starts) as a rookie for Dallas ... Missed six games with a hamstring injury ... Totaled 25 tackles, seven PDs, an INT and a FF ... Took over as starter the final four games ... Made his first career start on Sept. 17 at Denver, but injured his hamstring early and missed the remainder of the game ... Notched first career INT off of Nick Foles in win over eventual Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia in season finale.
2018—Played in 15 games (14 starts) for Dallas ... Totaled 71 tackles, 11 PDs, an INT and a FF ... Played in both of Cowboys' playoff games, totaling 12 tackles and two PDs.
2019—Started all 16 games for Dallas ... Posted 79 tackles, 14 PDs, an INT and a FR.
2020—Played in eight games (six starts) for Dallas ... Recorded 38 tackles, five PDs and an INT ... Spent seven games (Games 3-9) on Reserve/Injured (hamstring), and one game (Game 13 at Cincinnati) on Reserve/COVID-19 list ... Picked off a Jared Goff pass in season-opener at the L.A. Rams.
2021—Signed with Bengals in offseason and started 14 regular-season games and all four postseason games, helping Cincinnati to a berth in Super Bowl LVI ... Inactive for Game 4 vs. Jacksonville (groin), Game 14 at Denver (Reserve/COVID-19) and Game 17 at Cleveland (rest), and also late in the season battled a foot injury that he suffered in Game 13 vs. San Francisco ... Recorded first INT as a Bengal on Oct. 10 vs. Green Bay, when he picked off a deep pass from 2021 NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers in the first quarter; It was one of Rodgers' league-low four INTs all season ... Part of Bengals pass defense that in two wins over Kansas City (Week 17 on Jan. 2, and AFC Championship on Jan. 30) held the Chiefs' high-powered offense in the second halves and one overtime (AFC Championship) to a combined 66 passing yards and six points ... Played all but two defensive snaps in Super Bowl LVI, and intercepted QB Matthew Stafford on the Rams' first offensive play of the second half to set up a Bengals FG drive.
2022—Started first eight games, before suffering season-ending right knee injury in Game 8 ... Recorded 35 tackles (29 solos), five PDs and a FF ... Led Bengals CBs in PDs prior to injury ... Injury occurred in fourth quarter on Oct. 31 at Cleveland; he was placed Nov. 5 on Reserve/Injured, where he spent remainder of season ... Tallied six tackles with a FF on Sept. 11 vs. Pittsburgh ... Recorded five tackles and three PDs on Sept. 25 at N.Y. Jets, and defended a pass on fourth down in the third quarter to give ball back to the offense.
Played four seasons (2013-16) at the University of Colorado ... Played in 47 career games (41 starts), and totaled 35 career pass breakups, three INTs, five FFs and three FRs.
Hometown is San Jose, Calif. ... Attended Oak Grove High School in San Jose, where he played RB and posted six 100-yard games and two 200-yard games as a senior ... Also participated in basketball and track ... Career-bests of 21.7 seconds in the 200-meter dash and 22-1 in the long jump ... Graduated from Colorado in Dec. 2016 with degree in business management — completed that degree in 3.5 years ... First name is pronounced "CHIH-doe-bay" and last name is pronounced "ah-WOOZ-yeh."
