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Player Dossier
2014-2017Western Kentucky
Joel Iyiegbuniwe
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Bowling Green, KY, USA
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Joel Iyiegbuniwe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
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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
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Player Story
Joel Iyiegbuniwe built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Bowling Green, KY wearing No. 4, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Joel Iyiegbuniwe's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Western Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 15
- Overall
- No. 115
- NFL Team
- Chicago Bears
Joel Iyiegbuniwe, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Joel Iyiegbuniwe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 47.2 disruption score.
Quick Answers
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- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · LB
- Career Tackles
- 181
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Middle Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · South Warren · Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- South Warren · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 4 · Pick 15 · Chicago Bears
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 117 tackles · LB 15th (top 2%) · Conference USA 4th (top 1%) · National 21st (top 1%)
Joel Iyiegbuniwe played LB for Western Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Joel Iyiegbuniwe recorded 181 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Western Kentucky.
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