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Player Dossier
2014-2017USC
Uchenna Nwosu
OLB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Carson, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Uchenna Nwosu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · USC
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- USC
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State
Player Story
Uchenna Nwosu built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Carson, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Uchenna Nwosu's career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 16
- Overall
- No. 48
- NFL Team
- Los Angeles Chargers
Uchenna Nwosu, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · USC. Uchenna Nwosu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 128
- TFL
- 19
- Sacks
- 12.5
- QB hurries
- 11
- Passes defended
- 18
Quick Answers
Uchenna Nwosu quick answers
- Latest team and position
- USC · OLB
- Career Tackles
- 128
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · USC
- Top game
- Arizona State
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 2 · Pick 16 · Los Angeles Chargers
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 75 tackles · OLB 3rd (top 6%) · Pac-12 25th (top 5%) · National 265th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | USC | 12 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 51.9 |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 12 | 50 | 7.5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 51.9 |
| 2017 Postseason | USC | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 79.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 14 | 71 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 79.1 |
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Uchenna Nwosu played OLB for USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Uchenna Nwosu recorded 128 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with USC.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
USC paired 44 primary output with 50.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 50.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · USC
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
3.1
Efficiency
50.9
Usage
13.6
Consistency
65.4
Best Game by takeover score
Arizona State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 5. Western Michigan: 1. Stanford: 7. Texas: 3. California: 2. Washington State: 3. Oregon State: 0. Utah: 3. Notre Dame: 1. Arizona State: 7. Arizona: 3. Colorado: 3. UCLA: 4. Stanford: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 4 by 66.7. Western Michigan: 7 by 39.2. Stanford: 4 by 66.7. Texas: 9 by 67.5. California: 4 by 36.7. Washington State: 6 by 55. Oregon State: 4 by 16.7. Utah: 3 by 42.5. Notre Dame: 2 by 18.3. Arizona State: 8 by 83.3. Arizona: 8 by 63.3. Colorado: 5 by 50.8. UCLA: 8 by 73.3. Stanford: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
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Wins3.2 · Games = 11 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses3 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Arizona State
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Arizona State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/30 | @ Ohio State2+ sacks · Splash game | L 7-24 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/2 | vs StanfordSplash game | W 31-28 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | vs UCLASplash game | W 28-23 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ ColoradoSplash game | W 38-24 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sun 11/5 | vs ArizonaSplash game | W 49-35 | 8 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/29 | @ Arizona State2+ sacks · Splash game | W 48-17 | 8 | 6 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Notre Dame | L 14-49 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/15 | vs UtahSplash game | W 28-27 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Oregon State | W 38-10 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Washington StateSplash game | L 27-30 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ CaliforniaSplash game | W 30-20 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs TexasSplash game | W 27-24 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs StanfordSplash game | W 42-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Western Michigan | W 49-31 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Uchenna Nwosu story
Uchenna Nwosu built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as an outside linebacker from Carson, CA wearing No. 42, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Uchenna Nwosu's career was his defensive production: 128 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 12.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with USC. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Uchenna Nwosu's production has multiple signals. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across USC.
The arc is straightforward: Uchenna Nwosu moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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USC
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201620172017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | USC | 17.5 | 33 | 10 | 17.5 |
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 17.5 | 33 | 10 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | USC | 44 | 50.9 | 13.6 | 26.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 44 | 50.9 | 13.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arizona State
Week 9 · W 48-17 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
7 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Colorado
Week 6 · W 21-17 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
93.9 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Stanford
Week 2 · W 42-24 · Conference game
7
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with 7 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
7 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Ohio State
Week 1 · L 7-24 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#5
vs UCLA
Week 12 · W 28-23 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
76.8 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 76.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · USC
44 primary output · 50.9 efficiency · 13.6 usage
79.1
#2
2017 Regular Season · USC
79.1
44 primary · 50.9 efficiency · 13.6 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · USC
51.9
17.5 primary · 33 efficiency · 10 usage
Milestones
11
Impact games
16
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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