Maema Njongmeta

A college free agent signee in May, Njongmeta spent four seasons (2020-23) at the University of Wisconsin ... Emerged as a starting LB in his junior season, and over his final two years he posted a combined 154 tackles with 21 TFLs and 6.5 sacks ... Earned third-team All-Big Ten Conference honors in 2022, when his team-leading 95 tackles ranked seventh in the league ... Received Academic All-Big Ten status in all four seasons.

A college free agent signee in May, Njongmeta spent four seasons (2020-23) at the University of Wisconsin ... Emerged as a starting LB in his junior season, and over his final two years he posted a combined 154 tackles with 21 TFLs and 6.5 sacks ... Earned third-team All-Big Ten Conference honors in 2022, when his team-leading 95 tackles ranked seventh in the league ... Received Academic All-Big Ten status in all four seasons.

Career transactions:

Signed with Cincinnati as college free agent on 5-10-24.

College highlights:

Played in 33 games with 21 starts over four seasons (2020-23) at Wisconsin ... Redshirted his true freshman season in 2019.

2023—Played in all 13 games with 10 starts at inside LB ... Totaled 59 tackles (30 solos), with 8.5 TFLs and three sacks ... Added one PD and three FRs ... Ranked fifth on the team in total stops and third in TFLs ... Had 10-plus tackles in four games ... Posted 12 tackles, including two TFLs and a sack, on Oct. 21 at Illinois ... Recovered a fumble and logged 10 tackles with 2.5 TFLs and a sack on Oct. 28 vs. Ohio State.

2022—Played in all 13 games, starting 11 ... Named third-team All-Big Ten ... Totaled team-high 95 tackles, which ranked seventh in the Big Ten ... Had 12.5 TFLs, 3.5 sacks, one INT and two PDs ... Recorded first career INT on Sept. 17 vs. New Mexico State ... Logged season-high 12 tackles (nine solos), with 2.5 TFLs, on Nov. 26 vs. Minnesota.

2021—Played in six games ... Posted four total tackles, with three in win at Rutgers on Nov. 6.

2020—Saw action in one game as a redshirt freshman ... Made college debut in Duke's Mayo Bowl on Dec. 30 vs. Wake Forest.

High school:

Attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill. ... Named first-team all-state by Illinois High School Football Coaches Association as a senior in 2018, when he recorded 131 tackles, 23 TFLs, 10 sacks and two FFs ... Was a team captain and named team MVP as a senior ... Logged 88 tackles, 13 TFLs and 12 sacks as a junior in 2017.

Personal:

Hometown is Buffalo Grove, Ill. ... Majored in business with focus in finance, investment and banking at Wisconsin ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors in four straight years (2020-23) ... First name is pronounced "moo-MUH" and last name is pronounced "jong-METT-uh."

Last updated July 2024