Player Dossier

2017-2020

UCLA

Osa Odighizuwa

DL • 6'2" • 279 lbs • Portland, OR, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Osa Odighizuwa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

74%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

69

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

93

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UCLA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Player Story

Osa Odighizuwa built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Portland, OR wearing No. 92, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Osa Odighizuwa's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8594

Madison County · Madison, FL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2021
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 11
Overall
No. 75
NFL Team
Dallas Cowboys

Osa Odighizuwa, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UCLA. Osa Odighizuwa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
120
TFL
27.5
Sacks
11.5
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Osa Odighizuwa quick answers

Latest team and position
UCLA · DL
Career Tackles
120
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 37 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · UCLA
Top game
San Diego State
Recruit profile
3-star · Madison County
High school pipeline
Madison County · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2021 · Round 3 · Pick 11 · Dallas Cowboys
Latest roster
No. 92 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
30 tackles · DL 71st (top 9%) · Pac-12 35th (top 9%) · National 838th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonUCLA72-0--037
2017 Regular SeasonUCLA7135.511-037
2018 Regular SeasonUCLA11296312056.1
2019 Regular SeasonUCLA1246103.531067.5
2020 Regular SeasonUCLA7306421063

Related Context

Osa Odighizuwa played DL for UCLA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Osa Odighizuwa recorded 120 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UCLA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

UCLA paired 17.5 primary output with 30.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 36.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: California

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · UCLA

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

1.9

Efficiency

36.4

Usage

10

Consistency

57.9

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 2. California: 4. Oregon: 4. Arizona: 0. Arizona State: 2. USC: 1. Stanford: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Colorado: 6 by 45. California: 5 by 60.8. Oregon: 4 by 56.7. Arizona: 5 by 20.8. Arizona State: 6 by 45. USC: 2 by 18.3. Stanford: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins2 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.8 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs California

Result
Sun 12/20vs StanfordL 47-4820000
Sun 12/13vs USCL 38-4320000
Sun 12/6@ Arizona StateSplash gameW 25-1863110
Sun 11/29vs ArizonaW 27-1051000
Sat 11/21@ OregonSplash gameL 35-38411.501.501
Sun 11/15vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 34-10522.501.500
Sun 11/8@ ColoradoSplash gameL 42-4865100

Player Story

Osa Odighizuwa story

Osa Odighizuwa built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Portland, OR wearing No. 92, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Osa Odighizuwa's career was his defensive production: 120 tackles, 27.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Osa Odighizuwa's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UCLA

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonUCLA7.519.66.7
2017 Regular SeasonUCLA7.519.66.70
2018 Regular SeasonUCLA1221.99.24.5
2019 Regular SeasonUCLA17.530.610.95.5
2020 Regular SeasonUCLA1336.410-4.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs San Diego State

Week 2 · L 14-23

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#2

vs California

Week 11 · W 34-10 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Oregon

Week 12 · L 35-38 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Oregon

Week 8 · W 31-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Washington

Week 6 · L 24-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · UCLA

17.5 primary output · 30.6 efficiency · 10.9 usage

67.5

#2

2020 Regular Season · UCLA

63

13 primary · 36.4 efficiency · 10 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · UCLA

56.1

12 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 9.2 usage

Milestones

17

Impact games

17

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games