Player Dossier

2015-2017

Fresno State

Nela Otukolo

ILB • 5'11" • 240 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nela Otukolo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

10

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Fresno State

151617

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Sacramento State

Player Story

Nela Otukolo built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as an inside linebacker from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 10, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Nela Otukolo's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8214

Bishop Gorman · Las Vegas, NV

Committed To
Fresno State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Nela Otukolo, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Fresno State. Nela Otukolo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
54
TFL
5.5
Sacks
1.5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Nela Otukolo quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · ILB
Career Tackles
54
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 15 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Fresno State
Top game
Sacramento State
Recruit profile
3-star · Bishop Gorman · Fresno State
High school pipeline
Bishop Gorman · 116 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
6 tackles · ILB 39th (top 82%) · Mountain West 290th (top 54%) · National 3,255th (top 57%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonFresno State10485.51.5-1064.5
2017 Regular SeasonFresno State46-0--038.9

Related Context

Nela Otukolo played ILB for Fresno State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Nela Otukolo recorded 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Fresno State paired 8 primary output with 28 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Fresno State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.3

Usage

1.3

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

UNLV

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UNLV

Best efficiency game

39.2 vs UNLV

Result
Sun 9/1@ UNLV75001

Player Story

Nela Otukolo story

Nela Otukolo built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as an inside linebacker from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 10, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Nela Otukolo's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Nela Otukolo's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Fresno State

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State0
2016 Regular SeasonFresno State8288.88
2017 Regular SeasonFresno State06.31.3-8

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Sacramento State

Week 2 · W 31-3

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#2

vs San Diego State

Week 7 · L 3-17 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#3

@ UNLV

Week 1

1

Havoc Plays

69.6 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.6 takeover score.

#4

@ UNLV

Week 5 · L 20-45 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Nevada

Week 6 · L 22-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Fresno State

8 primary output · 28 efficiency · 8.8 usage

64.5

#2

2017 Regular Season · Fresno State

38.9

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.3 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Fresno State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games