page_title: Ondre Pipkins
section_title: College career
hierarchical_section_title: Ondre Pipkins / College career
caption_attribution_description: English: Michigan defensive tackle Ondre Pipkins
context_page_description: Ondre Pipkins is an American football defensive end who is currently a member of the Quad City Steamwheelers. He played college football at Texas Tech. He signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2017.
context_section_description: 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. 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. In 2015, Pipkins, citing pressure to medically retire at Michigan, transferred to continue his career at Texas Tech.
caption: Pipkins with Michigan in 2012
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