Player Dossier

2014-2020

Central Michigan

Sean Adesanya

DL • 6'3" • 240 lbs • Rahway, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sean Adesanya shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

71%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

91

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

67

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Illinois • Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Player Story

Sean Adesanya built his college career from 2014 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Rahway, NJ wearing No. 2, spending time with Central Michigan and Illinois. The clearest part of Sean Adesanya's career was...

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Sean Adesanya, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Central Michigan. Sean Adesanya shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
74
TFL
24
Sacks
12
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Sean Adesanya quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
74
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 31 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Central Michigan
Top game
Akron
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonIllinois61011--011.3
2018 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan12297421042.4
2019 PostseasonCentral Michigan1330.502-065.8
2019 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan133215.5722065.8
2020 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-

Related Context

Sean Adesanya played DL for Illinois and Central Michigan. Across 7 tracked seasons, Sean Adesanya recorded 74 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Central Michigan paired 30 primary output with 32.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 32.4 efficiency.

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Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Central Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Akron

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2019 Postseason · Central Michigan

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.3

Efficiency

32.4

Usage

9.8

Consistency

49.2

Best Game by takeover score

Akron

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 2.5. UAlbany: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Akron: 7.5. Miami: 4. Western Michigan: 1. Eastern Michigan: 2. New Mexico State: 4. Bowling Green: 0.5. Buffalo: 0. Northern Illinois: 3.5. Ball State: 4. Miami (OH): 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San Diego State: 3 by 37.5. UAlbany: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. Akron: 5 by 70.8. Miami: 2 by 48.3. Western Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 24.2. New Mexico State: 2 by 48.3. Bowling Green: 5 by 25.8. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 4 by 51.7. Ball State: 3 by 52.5. Miami (OH): 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins3.1 · Games = 7 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 6 · -1.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Akron

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Akron

Result
Sat 12/21@ San Diego StateSplash gameL 11-48320.5000
Sat 12/7vs Miami (OH)L 21-2620100
Sat 11/16@ Ball StateSplash gameW 45-4433310
Sat 11/2vs Northern IllinoisSplash gameW 48-10432.5000
Sat 10/26@ BuffaloL 20-4322000
Sat 10/19@ Bowling GreenW 38-20500.5000
Sat 10/12vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 42-2822111
Sat 10/5vs Eastern MichiganSplash gameW 42-1611110
Sat 9/28@ Western MichiganL 15-3121001
Sat 9/21@ Miami2+ sacks · Splash gameL 12-1722220
Sat 9/14vs Akron2+ sacks · Splash gameW 45-24544.50210
Sat 9/7@ WisconsinL 0-6132000
Fri 8/30vs UAlbanyW 38-2111000

Player Story

Sean Adesanya story

Sean Adesanya built his college career from 2014 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Rahway, NJ wearing No. 2, spending time with Central Michigan and Illinois. The clearest part of Sean Adesanya's career was his defensive production: 74 tackles, 24 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 1 interception across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Sean Adesanya's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Illinois

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Central Michigan

    2018-2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonIllinois0
2015 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2016 Regular SeasonIllinois00
2017 Regular SeasonIllinois210.32.72
2018 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan1421.76.412
2019 PostseasonCentral Michigan3032.49.816
2019 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan3032.49.80
2020 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0-30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Akron

Week 3 · W 45-24 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7.5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

7.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 10 · L 7-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#3

@ South Florida

Week 3 · L 23-47

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Kansas

Week 2 · L 7-31

3

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Maine

Week 4 · W 17-5

3

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Central Michigan

30 primary output · 32.4 efficiency · 9.8 usage

65.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Central Michigan

65.8

30 primary · 32.4 efficiency · 9.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan

42.4

14 primary · 21.7 efficiency · 6.4 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games