Ovie Mughelli

Ovie Phillip Mughelli (born June 10, 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American football fullback for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL.

High School Years

Mughelli attended the exclusive Porter-Gaud School in Charleston, South Carolina and was a decent student and a letterman in football, basketball, tennis, and track&field. In football, he rushed for more than 4,500 yards and scored 69 touchdowns during his career at Porter-Gaud, and he rushed for 2,167 yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior. He was named the Team's Most Valuable Player for three years, was a three-time All-Conference selection, and as a senior, he was also named the State Player of the Year in his classification and was a Regional All-Star selection in all division. Led the team to a state title in 1996 and state runner-up honors during his senior year (1997). Mughelli is of Nigerian descent.

College Years

Mughelli attended Wake Forest University and was a letterman in football.

NFL Years

Ovie Mughelli was selected with the 134th overall pick (4th round) of the 2003 NFL Draft...The choice was a compensatory pick...Mughelli is the 2nd FB (1st was Steve Lee in the 6th round, 1997), and the 1st Wake Forest player selected in Baltimore's franchise history.

2005: Posted his 1st 5 career starts in 2005, helping pave the way for Baltimore to rush for 1,605 yards...Mughelli also pulled in 3 receptions for 13 yards and finished 4th on the team with 16 special teams tackles...2005 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Started and helped protect QB Kyle Boller, allowing him to throw for a season-high 289 yards and 3 TDs in game 15 vs. Min. (12/25)...Also helped pave the way for the Ravens to rush for 88 yards, and caught a pass for 6 yards against the Vikings...Saw action off the bench and helped pave the way for the Ravens to rush for a season-high 182 yards, including 105 by Jamal Lewis in the 48-3 victory in game 14 vs. GB (12/19)...Saw action from scrimmage and had 3 special teams tackles in game 11 at Cin. (11/27)...Led the team with 4 special teams tackles in the 16-13 OT victory in game 10 vs. Pit. (11/20)...Saw action from scrimmage and on special teams, recording 2 tackles and earning a special teams? game ball in game 3 vs. NYJ (10/2).

2004: Saw action in 3 games, recording 2 special teams tackles...Placed on IR (hamstring) on 11/17...2004 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Played on special teams, netting 1 tackle in game 9 at NYJ (11/14)...Was inactive in games 4-8...Played on special teams before leaving the game in the second quarter with a hamstring injury in game 3 at Cin. (9/26)...Saw action on special teams and had 1 solo tackle in game 2 vs. Pit. (9/19).

2003: Saw action in 6 regular season games and 1 postseason game as a rookie and recorded 5 special teams tackles (adding 1 in the postseason)...2003 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: Played on special teams and had 3 tackles in the season finale vs. Pit. (12/28)...Saw action from scrimmage and on special teams in game 15 at Cle. (12/21)...Saw action on special teams and had 1 solo tackle in game 12 vs. SF (11/30)...Saw his 1st NFL action on special teams in game 3 at SD (9/21), and posted 1 solo special teams tackle...Was inactive in game 2 vs. Cle. (9/14) and game 1 at Pit. (9/7).

Professional Life

Mr. Mughelli returned to college after the 2005 summer to pursue his life long dream of becoming a video game tester at the Sega Institute of the Americas. While promising in his studies for the first year, it has since been reported that Mr. Mughelli is on the verge of expulsion from the institute without completing his studies. When asked why he was to be prematurely asked to leave the institute, Sega Institute of the Americas Dean, Mock Gibralter, stated, "He was a great student at first, but ever since September 2006 all he does is play Madden 2006. And he doesn't even really test the game, he just puts himself in at fullback and runs fullback dive right, fullback dive left, and the occasional fullback pass to the flat. How does that constitute testing when people might run those plays once or twice in the entire life of the game?"