Player Dossier

2016-2019

BYU

JJ Nwigwe

DL • 6'5" • 260 lbs • Rockwall, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

JJ Nwigwe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.5

Efficiency

17.5

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

18.5

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

JJ Nwigwe, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason · BYU. JJ Nwigwe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.5 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

BYU paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · BYU

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

17.5

Usage

6.5

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 4.5. USC: 0. Toledo: 0.5. South Florida: 0. Utah State: 0. Liberty: 0. Unknown: 1. Massachusetts: 1. San Diego State: 0

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 4 by 61.7. USC: 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 4 by 21.7. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 2 by 8.3. Liberty: 1 by 4.2. Unknown: 1 by 14.2. Massachusetts: 3 by 22.5. San Diego State: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · +1 vs Wins
First Half1 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

61.7 vs Hawai'i

Result
Wed 12/25vs Hawai'i2+ sacks · Splash gameL 34-38422.5020
Sun 12/1@ San Diego StateL 3-1332000
Sat 11/23@ MassachusettsW 56-24320010
Sat 11/16vs Unknown11100
Sun 11/10vs LibertyW 31-2411000
Sun 11/3@ Utah StateW 42-1421000
Sat 10/12@ South FloridaL 23-2711000
Sat 9/28@ ToledoL 21-28410.5000
Sat 9/14vs USCW 30-2721000

Career Arc

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

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    BYU

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20162017201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 PostseasonBYU04.20.7
2017 Regular SeasonBYU0000
2018 Regular SeasonBYU00
2019 PostseasonBYU717.56.57
2019 Regular SeasonBYU717.56.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Hawai'i

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5

Primary metric

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.7 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 18 takeover score.

#3

Massachusetts

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 17.4 takeover score.

#4

Toledo

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 12.8 takeover score.

#5

San Diego State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2016 Postseason · BYU

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · BYU

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · BYU

18.5

7 primary · 17.5 efficiency · 6.5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7948

Rockwall-Heath · Rockwall, TX

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

22

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 11 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

2-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
22