Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019BYU
JJ Nwigwe
DL • 6'5" • 260 lbs • Rockwall, TX, USA
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JJ Nwigwe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
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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
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
JJ Nwigwe built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Rockwall, TX wearing No. 88, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of JJ Nwigwe's career was his defensive production: 22...
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- Committed To
- BYU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
JJ Nwigwe, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · BYU. JJ Nwigwe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.7 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- BYU · DL
- Career Tackles
- 22
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · BYU
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Rockwall-Heath · BYU
- High school pipeline
- Rockwall-Heath · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · DL 287th (top 34%) · FBS Independents 91st (top 32%) · National 1,889th (top 32%)
JJ Nwigwe played DL for BYU. Across 4 tracked seasons, JJ Nwigwe recorded 12 receiving yards and 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with BYU.
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