2023 Football Roster

4 Wande Owens

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 209
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cooksville, Md.
  • Highschool Glenelg

Biography

2023 #Team150 captain... First team All-Ivy selection... Named All-New England... Second on the team in tackles (55)... Made one of the biggest plays of the season, knocking away a pass on fourth down in the second overtime of win over Princeton... Named to NFF Hampshire Honor Society... Co recipient of the team's Ryan LoProto Award for passion and competitive spirit, skill in the defensive secondary and devotion to teammates.

2022: First team All-Ivy selection... Named to the New England Football Writers Association All-New England team...Tied for the team lead with 63 tackles... Had one sack and six tackles for a loss... Made 11 tackles and had a sack vs. Holy Cross... Named to NFF Hampshire Honor Society.

2021:  Earned All-Ivy Second Team...Placed third on the Bulldogs with 26 solo tackles and fourth with 47 total tackles...Finished a strong year as Yale's top corner with eight pass breakups and two picks...Named to Ivy League Honor Roll on Oct. 30 as he had a game-high three pass breakups, led Yale with nine tackles and knocked away Columbia's final pass attempt which sealed the victory for the Bulldogs.

2020: No season due to COVID-19.

2019: Served role as a reserve defensive back and special teamer.

At Glenelg High School: Three-year varsity starter ... 2x Howard County Offensive Player of the Year ... Howard County career rushing leader ... Second (behind Tavon Austin) among all Maryland runners in career yards ... 6,361 career rushing yards and 82 TDs ... Broke the Howard County single-season record with 2,504 rushing yards in 2016 ... Broke county records with 2,687 rushing yards and 40 TDs in 2018 ... Baltimore Sun First-Team All-Metro ... Varsity Sports Network Offensive Player of the Year ... USA Today Maryland Offensive Player of the Year ... Played in the Big 33 All-Star Game ... Varsity letters in basketball and track & field ... Team captain in both ... Glenelg Male Athlete of the Year ... Glenelg Male Gladiator of the Year ... National Honor Society ... National Spanish Honor Society ... National Math Honor Society 

Personal: (Pronounced WAHN-day)… Son of Earl and Lorilyn Owens… Brother to Bruce Richardson, Blake Richardson, Brent Richardson, Bisi Owens and Abiola Owens ... Father was a triple jumper at Brown University ... Brother, Brent, played football at Towson University

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2019First Year

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    5'11" 190 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2020Sophomore

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    5'11" 190 lbs
    36
  • 4

    2021Junior

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    5'11" 212 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2022Junior

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    5'11" 212 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2022-23Junior

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    5'11" 212 lbs
    4
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    2023Senior

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    5'11" 209 lbs
    4