Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Notre Dame
Julian Okwara
DL • 6'4" • 248 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA
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Julian Okwara shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
87
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
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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: 2018 Postseason · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Julian Okwara built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 42, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Julian Okwara's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2020
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 3
- Overall
- No. 67
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Julian Okwara, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Notre Dame. Julian Okwara shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.9 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · DL
- Career Tackles
- 70
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Ardrey Kell · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Ardrey Kell · 10 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2020 · Round 3 · Pick 3 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · DL 336th (top 40%) · FBS Independents 100th (top 35%) · National 2,076th (top 35%)
Julian Okwara played DL for Notre Dame. Across 4 tracked seasons, Julian Okwara recorded 70 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Notre Dame.
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