Wande Owens
Career Summary
Wande Owens is a defensive back from Cooksville, Maryland, who played college football at Yale and New Hampshire.
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Early Life
Owens grew up in Cooksville, Maryland, and attended Glenelg High School.
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High School
Owens was a three-year varsity starter at Glenelg and a two-time Howard County Offensive Player of the Year. He finished as the county career rushing leader with 6,361 rushing yards and 82 touchdowns, including county single-season records of 2,504 yards in 2016 and 2,687 yards with 40 touchdowns in 2018.
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College Career
Owens began as a reserve defensive back and special-teams player at Yale in 2019, then became a leading cornerback. He recorded 47 total tackles, eight pass breakups and two interceptions in 2021, followed by 63 tackles, a sack and six tackles for loss in 2022. As Yale's 2023 captain, he had 55 tackles and helped seal the Princeton win with a fourth-down pass breakup in double overtime. He later continued his career at New Hampshire as a graduate safety.
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Path to the NFL
Owens developed from a prolific Glenelg rushing athlete into an All-Ivy defensive back at Yale before using a graduate season at New Hampshire.
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Career Accomplishments
Owens was a first-team All-Ivy selection in 2022 and 2023, earned All-New England recognition in both seasons, and received second-team All-Ivy honors in 2021. In 2023, he received Yale's Ryan LoProto Award and was named to the NFF Hampshire Honor Society.
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Playing Style
Listed at 5-foot-11 and 210 pounds, Owens played defensive back, first as a Yale corner and later as a New Hampshire safety. His record shows strong tackling, coverage production and timely pass breakups.
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