{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 2000)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox Canadian Football League biography | name = Lwal Uguak | team = Montreal Alouettes | image = 2023, 96, Lwal Uguak.jpg | image_upright = 1 | caption = Uguak with the Montreal Alouettes in 2023 | status = Active | import = no | position1 = Defensive lineman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|3|30}} | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | number = 96 | college = Texas Christian<br>Connecticut | high_school = Harry Ainlay | Height_ft = 6 | Height_in = 5 | Weight_lbs = 271 | CFLDraftedYear = 2023 | CFLDraftedRound = 1 | CFLDraftedPick = 7 | teams = * Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2023}}) * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL year|2024}})* * Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2024}}–present) | playing_years3 = | career_footnotes = | career_highlights = *Grey Cup champion (2023) | CFL = lwal-uguak/167924/ }} '''Lwal Uguak''' (born March 30, 2000) is a Canadian professional football defensive end for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
==College career== Uguak first played college football for the UConn Huskies from 2018 to 2021, but did not play in 2020 due to the program not operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=Frogs>{{cite web|url=https://gofrogs.com/sports/football/roster/lwal-uguak/14482 |title=Lwal Uguak |publisher=TCU Horned Frogs |access-date=November 12, 2023}}</ref> He played in 34 games where he recorded 69 total tackles, four sacks, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery.<ref name=Frogs/> He then transferred to Texas Christian University in 2022 to play for the TCU Horned Frogs where he played in 14 games and had ten total tackles and a fumble recovery.<ref name=Frogs/><ref name=MTLbio>{{cite web|url=https://en.montrealalouettes.com/players/lwal-uguak/167924/ |title=Lwal Uguak |publisher=Montreal Alouettes |access-date=November 12, 2023}}</ref>
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 3 3/4 | weight = 261 | dash = 4.98 | ten split = 1.75 | twenty split = 2.87 | shuttle = 4.67 | cone drill = 7.70 | vertical = 29.0 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 8 | bench = 18 | arm span = 33 5/8 | hand span = 10 3/8 | note = All values from Pro Day<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 NFL Draft Scout Lwal Uguak College Football Profile |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1030200&DraftYear=2023 |access-date=February 1, 2024 |website=DraftScout.com}}</ref> }} ===Montreal Alouettes (first stint)=== Uguak was drafted in the first round, seventh overall, by the Montreal Alouettes in the 2023 CFL draft and signed with the team on May 17, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.montrealalouettes.com/2023/05/17/the-alouettes-sign-2023-first-round-pick-lwal-uguak/ |title=Alouettes sign 2023 first-round pick Lwal Uguak |publisher=Montreal Alouettes |date=May 17, 2023}}</ref> He made the team's opening day roster and played in his first professional game on June 10, 2023, against the Ottawa Redblacks.<ref name=Notes>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.ticats.ca/app/uploads/ticats/2023/11/02223013/2023_CFL_Gm_Notes_91_Mtl_vs_Ham_ESF.pdf |title=Games Notes |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=November 12, 2023}}</ref> As his play progressed during the year, he earned his first career start on September 23, 2023, against the Calgary Stampeders, and he continued to be the starter for the final five games of the regular season.<ref name=Notes/> He played in all 18 regular season games where he recorded 16 defensive tackles, three sacks, one forced fumble, and five pass knockdowns.<ref name=Notes/>
===Tampa Bay Buccaneers=== On January 30, 2024, Uguak signed a reserve/future contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bucs Add Four More to 2024 Roster on Futures Contracts|url=https://www.buccaneers.com/news/bucs-add-four-more-2024-roster-futures-contracts|author=Smith, Scott|website=Buccaneers.com|date=January 30, 2024}}</ref> He was waived on August 27.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bucs Cut Down to 53, Place Chase Edmonds, Rakim Jarrett on IR|url=https://www.buccaneers.com/news/bucs-cut-down-53-place-chase-edmonds-rakim-jarrett-ir|author=Smith, Scott|website=Buccaneers.com|date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>
===Montreal Alouettes (second stint)=== On September 18, 2024, Uguak re-signed with the Alouettes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DL Lwal Uguak re-signs with Alouettes |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/cfl/dl-lwal-uguak-re-signs-with-alouettes/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=www.sportsnet.ca |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Uguak's family emigrated from Sudan in 1997 and he was born in Edmonton on March 20, 2000.<ref name=Family>{{cite web|url=https://3downnation.com/2023/03/14/famous-cousins-and-brotherly-love-lwal-uguak-walks-family-oriented-path-to-pro-football/ |title=Famous cousins and brotherly love: Lwal Uguak follows family-oriented path to pro football |date=14 March 2023 |publisher=3DownNation |access-date=November 12, 2023}}</ref> He is the middle child of four siblings and is the brother of Aher Uguak, a professional basketball player.<ref name=Family/>
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==External links== * [https://en.montrealalouettes.com/players/lwal-uguak/167924/ Montreal Alouettes bio]
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