Maema Njongmeta

Njongmeta's hometown is Buffalo Grove, Illinois and attended Stevenson High School. In Njongmeta's high school career he notched 196 tackles with 34 going for a loss, 19 sacks, three fumble recoveries, and two forced fumbles.[2] Njongmeta committed to play college football at the University of Wisconsin over other schools such as Iowa State, Navy, and Tulane.[3][4]

In Njongmeta's first two seasons in 2019 and 2020, he redshirted and only appeared in one game, where he recorded no statistics.[5] In the 2021 season, Njongmeta totalled four tackles over as span of two games.[6] In week three of the 2022 season, Njongmeta tallied his first career interception, as helped the Badgers rout New Mexico State 66–7.[7] In week eleven Njongmeta recorded a sack to help end a drive, but Wisconsin would lose to Iowa 24–10.[8] In week twelve, Njongmeta notched 2.5 tackles for a loss and a sack, as helped the Badgers become bowl eligible beating Nebraska 15–14.[9] In the Badgers season finale, Njongmeta had a career performance, tallying 12 tackles with 2.5 going for a loss, and 0.5 sack, but Wisconsin would fall to Minnesota 23–16.[10] Njongmeta finished his breakout 2022 season with 95 tackles with 11.5 being for a loss, 3.5 sacks, a pass deflection, and an interception.[11] For his performance on the season, Njongmeta was named third team all-Big Ten by the media.[12][13] Ahead of the 2023 season, Njongmeta was named to the watch list for multiple awards: the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, the Rotary Lombardi Award, the Bednarik Award, and the Butkus Award.[14][15][16][17]

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