Player Dossier

2018-2020

UConn

Abiola Olaniyan

DB • 6'1" • 186 lbs • Woodberry Forest, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Abiola Olaniyan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

29

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

18

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UConn

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
UConn
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida

Player Story

Abiola Olaniyan built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from Woodberry Forest, VA wearing No. 18, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Abiola Olaniyan's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7859

Woodberry Forest · Woodberry Forest, VA

Committed To
UConn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Abiola Olaniyan, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · UConn. Abiola Olaniyan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Abiola Olaniyan quick answers

Latest team and position
UConn · DB
Career Tackles
5
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 5 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · UConn
Top game
South Florida
Recruit profile
2-star · Woodberry Forest · UConn
High school pipeline
Woodberry Forest · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 18 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonUConn00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonUConn55-0-1036.2
2020 Regular SeasonUConn00-0--0-

Related Context

Abiola Olaniyan played DB for UConn. Across 3 tracked seasons, Abiola Olaniyan recorded 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UConn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

UConn paired 2 primary output with 10.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Florida

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

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2019 Regular Season · UConn

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

10.2

Usage

2.6

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

South Florida

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 1. Tulane: 0. Cincinnati: 1. East Carolina: 0. Temple: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Cincinnati: 0 by 10. East Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Temple: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.7 vs First Half

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Florida

Best efficiency game

20 vs South Florida

Result
Sat 11/30@ TempleL 17-4911000
Sat 11/23vs East CarolinaL 24-3133000
Sat 11/9@ CincinnatiL 3-4800001
Sat 10/12@ TulaneL 7-4911000
Sat 10/5vs South FloridaL 22-481

Player Story

Abiola Olaniyan story

Abiola Olaniyan built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from Woodberry Forest, VA wearing No. 18, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Abiola Olaniyan's career was his defensive production: 5 tackles, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 5 career games in the available record. That gives Abiola Olaniyan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UConn

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonUConn0
2019 Regular SeasonUConn210.22.62
2020 Regular SeasonUConn0-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Florida

Week 6 · L 22-48 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Cincinnati

Week 11 · L 3-48 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#3

vs East Carolina

Week 13 · L 24-31 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

8.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Temple

Week 14 · L 17-49 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

5.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Tulane

Week 7 · L 7-49 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · UConn

2 primary output · 10.2 efficiency · 2.6 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · UConn

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · UConn

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games