Awards and Honors:
Athletics Director's Honor Roll (S24)
2024: Appeared in all 12 games for the Governors and earned eight starts, with six coming at right tackle and two at right guard… Opened the season with back-to-back starts at Louisville (Aug. 31) and Southern Illinois (Sept. 7)… Came off the bench and helped block for an offense that rushed for 311 yards and five touchdowns against Alabama A&M (Sept. 21), the program's most rushing yards and touchdowns since 2023… The Governors also had a pair of running backs eclipse 100 rushing yards against the Bulldogs for the first time since 2023… Returned to the starting lineup as a right guard against Utah Tech (Oct. 19) and remained a starter for the remainder of the season… Provided protection for an offense that set the APSU single-game completion percentage record (.886) with the fourth-most passing yards (406) and the sixth-most completions in a single game (31) at North Alabama (Nov. 2)… Helped block for an offense that posted the second-highest completion percentage in program history (.618), the eighth-most yards of total offense (4,116), and the fifth-most completions (217) in a single season.
Prior to Austin Peay: Began his career at Laney College (2022) before transferring to Marshall (2023). 2023: Did not see action for the Thundering Herd during his lone season in Huntington, West Virginia. 2021-22: Spent two seasons at Laney College in Oakland, California… Was the Eagles’ offensive freshman of the year in 2021… Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports.com and a two-star by Rivals after two junior college seasons.Â
High School: Played soccer and basketball at Lea Valley Academy in Enfield Town, England… Was rated the No. 1 offensive lineman in Europe.
Personal: Chinazo K. Obobi is the son of Elaine Mochar… Birthday is May 22… Has three siblings: Daniel Obobi, Kelechi Mochar, and Yasmine Jerome… A general studies major with a survey of organizational administration and supervision concentration.
