{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Ondre Pipkins | image = Ondre Pipkins 2017 (cropped).jpg | alt = | position = Defensive end | number = 73 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|2|25|mf=y}} | birth_place = Saginaw, Michigan | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lbs = 315 | high_school = Kansas City (MO) Park Hill | college = Texas Tech | undraftedyear = 2017 | pastteams = * Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|2017}}–{{NFL Year|2018}})* * Arizona Hotshots ({{AAF Year|2019}})* * Philadelphia Soul ({{AFL Year|2019}})* | status = }}
'''Ondre Pipkins''' (born February 25, 1994) is an American former football defensive end. He played college football at Texas Tech. He signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2017.
==Early life== A native of Saginaw, Michigan, Pipkins grew up idolizing Saginaw High School players LaMarr Woodley, Charles Rogers, Roy Manning, and Anthony Roberson. His father, Al Pipkins, was an assistant coach at Saginaw. At the age of six, Pipkins moved to Atlanta, Georgia. He later returned to Michigan, spending his freshman high school season at Rochester Adams High School, before attending Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Missouri, for his remaining three years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/saginaw/index.ssf/2011/08/michigan_football_commit_ondre.html|title = Michigan football commit Ondre Pipkins: Saginaw is "always going to be home"|date = 10 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Michigan football commit Ondre Pipkins: Saginaw is "always going to be home"|author=Kyle Austin|date=August 11, 2011|newspaper=The Saginaw News|url=http://www.mlive.com/sports/saginaw/index.ssf/2011/08/michigan_football_commit_ondre.html}}</ref>
At Park Hill, Pipkins was an All-American defensive lineman. Regarded as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Pipkins was listed as the third best defensive tackle in his class.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Prospect Ranking: Rivals.com defensive tackles |publisher=Yahoo Sports|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/rankings/rank-2893}}</ref> In January 2012, he was rated by Rivals as 14th in its ranking of the Top 100 recruits in the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ondre Pipkins surpasses Kyle Kalis as Michigan's top football recruit, according to latest ranking|author=Kyle Meinke|newspaper=AnnArbor.com|date=January 17, 2012|url=http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-football/ondre-pipkins-surpasses-kyle-kalis-as-michigans-top-football-recruit-according-to-latest-ranking/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Park Hill's Pipkins, headed to Michigan|newspaper=Kansas City Star |date=February 1, 2012}}</ref>
==College career== thumb|left|200px|Pipkins with Michigan in 2012 As a true freshman in 2012, Pipkins appeared in 12 games as a reserve defensive tackle. He made his career debut against Alabama, which featured All-American interior linemen Barrett Jones and Chance Warmack, registering one tackle.
Pipkins arrived in camp for the 2013 season, he had lost more than 30 pounds from 347 pounds as a freshman to 315 pounds in August 2013. Pipkins said he was in the best shape of his life.<ref>{{cite news|title=Michigan DT Ondre Pipkins says he's in the best shape of his life, and ready to turn a corner|author=Nick Baumgardner|publisher=Mlive.com|date=August 2013|url=http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2013/08/michigan_dt_ondre_pipkins_says.html}}</ref> Through the first two games of the 2013 season, Pipkins registered two tackles before tearing his ACL and sitting out the rest of the season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Michigan Football Statistics (2-game Totals)|date=September 8, 2013|publisher=University of Michigan|url=http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/090813aab.html}}</ref> In 2015, Pipkins, citing pressure to medically retire at Michigan, transferred to continue his career at Texas Tech.<ref name=Pressure>{{cite web|last1=Schad|first1=Joe|title=DL Ondre Pipkins: Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, staff pressured me to quit|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/13154115/ondre-pipkins-says-michigan-wolverines-coach-jim-harbaugh-staff-pressured-quit|website=ESPN|date=26 June 2015|access-date=16 August 2015}}</ref><ref name=TTU>{{cite web|last1=Schad|first1=Joe|title=Ondre Pipkins transfers to Texas Tech|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/13273863/ondre-pipkins-transfer-texas-tech-red-raiders|website=ESPN|date=17 July 2015|access-date=16 August 2015}}</ref>{{clear}}
==Professional career== Pipkins signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent on May 4, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Redskins Sign Eight College Free Agents|url=http://www.redskins.com/news/article-1/Redskins-Sign-Eight-College-Free-Agents/9efbff6f-af0d-48d0-894b-f202fd3a859c|author=Czarda, Stephen|website=Redskins.com|date=May 4, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911022010/http://www.redskins.com/news/article-1/Redskins-Sign-Eight-College-Free-Agents/9efbff6f-af0d-48d0-894b-f202fd3a859c|archive-date=September 11, 2017}}</ref> He was waived on September 2, 2017,<ref>{{cite web|title=9/2: Redskins Make Roster Moves|url=http://www.redskins.com/news/article-1/92-Redskins-Make-Roster-Moves/ec94fade-58e8-4d11-a499-b8317f337ae0|website=Redskins.com|date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905031831/http://www.redskins.com/news/article-1/92-Redskins-Make-Roster-Moves/ec94fade-58e8-4d11-a499-b8317f337ae0|archive-date=2017-09-05}}</ref> but later re-signed to the team's practice squad on October 19, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.redskins.com/news/redskins-place-jonathan-allen-on-injured-reserve-sign-a-j-francis-to-ac-19606668|title=Redskins Place Jonathan Allen On Injured Reserve, Sign A.J. Francis To Active Roster|website=Redskins.com|access-date=2017-10-19|archive-date=December 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230181159/https://www.redskins.com/news/redskins-place-jonathan-allen-on-injured-reserve-sign-a-j-francis-to-ac-19606668|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Pipkins signed a reserve/future contract with the Redskins on January 1, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Redskins Sign 11 Players To Reserve/Future Contracts|url=http://www.redskins.com/news/article-1/Redskins-Sign-11-Players-To-ReserveFuture-Contracts/c6f20f93-73d6-4275-9173-5e8d96ee85b0|website=Redskins.com|date=January 1, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103202113/http://www.redskins.com/news/article-1/Redskins-Sign-11-Players-To-ReserveFuture-Contracts/c6f20f93-73d6-4275-9173-5e8d96ee85b0|archive-date=January 3, 2018}}</ref> On September 1, 2018, he was waived for final roster cuts before the start of the 2018 season.<ref>{{cite web|work=Redskins.com|url=https://www.redskins.com/news/9-1-redskins-make-roster-moves|title=9/1: Redskins Make Roster Moves|date=September 1, 2018|access-date=September 1, 2018|archive-date=September 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902052302/https://www.redskins.com/news/9-1-redskins-make-roster-moves|url-status=dead}}</ref> He then signed with the Arizona Hotshots for the 2019 season,<ref>{{cite web |title=Arizona Hotshots football 2019 schedule, roster, coaching staff |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/football/2018/11/27/arizona-hotshots-football-2019-schedule-roster-coaching-staff/1660569002/ |website=azcentral |access-date=18 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> but was waived during final roster cuts on January 30, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arizona Hotshots Week One Game Time Changed |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/arizona-hotshots-week-one-game-time-changed/n-5444144 |website=oursportscentral.com |date=February 2, 2019 |access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref> He signed with the Quad City Steamwheelers of the Indoor Football League on October 13, 2019.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons}} *[http://www.texastech.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3283 Texas Tech Red Raiders bio] *[http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ondre_pipkins_810580.html Michigan Wolverines bio] *[http://www.redskins.com/team/roster/Ondre-Pipkins/8429827b-5d8c-43af-8b66-f4810c660778 Washington Redskins bio]
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