CFL: 6th season

Stamps: 1st season

Games played through 2022

Regular season: 63

Playoffs: 0

Grey Cup: 0

Grey Cup wins: 0

Acquired                                                                                                                                                    

Signed as a free agent on Feb. 17, 2023.

Pro path

Awe signed with the BC Lions on Mar. 7, 2017. He was released on Jan. 31, 2018, and signed by the National Football League’s New York Jets on Feb. 1, 2018. The Jets waived Awe on Apr. 28, 2018, and he re-signed with BC on Aug. 20, 2018. On Feb. 14, 2019, he signed with the Toronto Argonauts. Awe signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Feb. 18, 2020, and he was released on Jan. 31, 2021. He returned to the Lions on May 21, 2022, and was released on June 23, 2022. Awe signed with the Montreal Alouettes on July 6, 2022. Prior to beginning his CFL career, he attended training camp with the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and spent time on their practice squad.

2022

(BC/Montreal) Awe started the season with BC and had one special-teams tackle in one game. After his release from the Lions, he joined the Alouettes on July 6, made his Montreal debut in Week 6 and started the final 12 regular-season games at middle linebacker. For the season, Awe had 47 defensive tackles including two tackles for loss, four special-teams stops, one interception, one knockdown, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery that he returned 68 yards. He had at least five defensive tackles in a game on four occasions.

2021

(Ottawa) Awe played and started all 14 regular-season games with the Redblacks. He established a career high with 74 defensive tackles and three sacks and also had four tackles for loss, two special-teams tackles and two forced fumbles. Awe established a career high in Week 11 when he recorded 11 tackles. In Week 16 against Montreal, he had five tackles, one sack and a forced fumble.

2020

(Winnipeg) Awe was under contract with the Blue Bombers but the season was cancelled because of the global pandemic.

2019

(Toronto) Awe played 10 games and made seven starts for the Argos. He accumulated 45 defensive tackles including two tackles for loss, six special-teams tackles, one sack, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one interception. In Week 6, he picked off a pass by Calgary’s Nick Arbuckle for his first career interception. In Week 8, he brought down Winnipeg’s Matt Nichols for his first sack in the CFL. Awe had five games with at least five defensive tackles.

2018

(BC) After a stint in the National Football League, Awe rejoined the Lions in August and returned to the field in Week 13 with a four-tackle performance against Ottawa. He played and started seven games, recording 31 defensive tackles including four tackles for loss and three special-teams stops. Awe made a season-best seven defensive tackles in Week 15 against Hamilton.

2017

(BC) Awe played all 18 games and made nine for the Lions, seeing action both at linebacker and on special teams. He recorded 54 defensive tackles including one tackle for loss, 16 special-teams tackles, two knockdowns and one forced fumble. Awe recorded at least five tackles in a game on five different occasions including back-to-back nine-tackle efforts against Hamilton and Ottawa. He recorded at least two special-teams tackles in six games.

Notables

First game: June 24, 2017, vs Edmonton

First special-teams tackle: June 24, 2017, vs Edmonton

First defensive tackle: July 15, 2017, at Hamilton

Frist sack: Aug. 1, 2019, vs Winnipeg

First interception: July 18, 2019, at Calgary

College                                                                                                                                                 

Awe played 46 games over four seasons (2012-15) at Texas Tech. He was named all-Big 12 honourable mention as a senior in 2015 after leading the Red Raiders with 126 tackles. Awe finished his collegiate career with 237 total tackles including 159 solo stops, 9.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble and six passes defended. He had a career-high 14 tackles in a 2015 game against West Virginia.

Personal

Awe is an alumnus of Summit High School in Mansfield, Tex. In his senior season, he helped the Jaguars reach the second round of the state playoffs. Awe was born in Nigeria and moved to the United States with his family at the age of three.