Name: Irekefe Oweh
Number: 0
Position: Guard
Class: Sophomore
Weight: 188
Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ
High School: Rutgers Prep
Previous School: St. Thomas Aquinas College
Twitter: @kayoweh
If Penn State basketball can get the kind of basketball player out of the Oweh family that James Franklin and the football program did with Odafe Oweh, then the Nittany Lions basketball program could be scary good in due time. Irekefe Oweh, the younger brother of current Baltimore Ravens defensive rookie of the year candidate Odafe Oweh, is in his sophomore season with the Nittany Lions and is looking to develop into a key role with the program the way his older brother did on the football field.
Oweh came to Penn State by way as a transfer from St. Thomas Aquinas College, where he played in 12 games as a freshman in 2020-21. Prior to his first season of college basketball, Oweh was a high school star for Rutgers Prep in New Jersey, earning All-League honors and accumulating 700 career points and 250 rebounds.
Oweh will be a deep bench option in the 2021-22 season for Micah Shrewsberry as Penn State is pretty heavy on guards this season, and a few others will be likely to be the first off the bench before getting to Oweh.
But as his older brother showed, sometimes good things will come to those who wait. Odafe Oweh was a bit of a late bloomer for Penn State on the football field, eventually proving himself worthy of a first-round draft pick in the NFL. We won’t go so far as to suggest Irekefe Oweh will develop into a first-round NBA talent, but Penn State hopes Oweh has similar athleticism that can translate to some big moments on the court in the years to come.
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