Olusegun Oluwatimi

Olusegun Oluwatimi (born August 5, 1999) is an American football center for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers and the Michigan Wolverines. He was an All-American with Michigan, winning the Rimington Trophy, Outland Trophy and the Joe Moore Award in 2022.

College career
Oluwatimi attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, before enrolling at the United States Air Force Academy in 2017. He was a member of the Air Force Falcons football team but did not appear in any games with them.

Virginia Cavaliers
Oluwatimi transferred to the University of Virginia in 2018 and started 32 consecutive games for the Virginia Cavaliers from 2019 to 2021. In 2021, he was one of the three finalists for the Rimington Trophy, an award presented annually to the best center in the country. He was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a second-team All-American. Oluwatimi graduated with a degree in economics in 2021.

Michigan Wolverines
In January 2022, he transferred as a graduate student to play for the Michigan Wolverines at the University of Michigan.

By the end of the season, Oluwatimi retrieved the Outland Trophy as the best interior lineman in college football and the Rimington Trophy as the best center. He was also named a consensus first-team All-American.

Professional career
Oluwatimi was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round, 154th overall, of the 2023 NFL draft. Oluwatimi played two of three preseason matches that year, being held out of the second due to injury. Oluwatimi began the regular season as the Seahawks' backup center after losing the job to free-agent signing Evan Brown. As a rookie, he appeared in 16 games and started one in the 2023 season.