Player Dossier

2017-2022

Boston College

Chibueze Onwuka

DT • 5'11" • 286 lbs • Bowie, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chibueze Onwuka shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

34

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

53

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Buffalo • Boston College
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Player Story

Chibueze Onwuka built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Bowie, MD wearing No. 93, spending time with Boston College and Buffalo. The clearest part of Chibueze Onwuka's career was...

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Chibueze Onwuka, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Buffalo. Chibueze Onwuka shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
129
TFL
22.5
Sacks
8.5
QB hurries
9

Quick Answers

Chibueze Onwuka quick answers

Latest team and position
Boston College · DT
Career Tackles
129
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Buffalo
Top game
Louisville
Latest roster
No. 93 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
41 tackles · DT 7th (top 4%) · ACC 91st (top 15%) · National 812th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonBuffalo68112-021.5
2018 Regular SeasonBuffalo71751.51-045.6
2019 PostseasonBuffalo131-0--058.2
2019 Regular SeasonBuffalo134283.52-058.2
2020 Regular SeasonBoston College7202.51.51-039.3
2020 Regular SeasonBuffalo70-0--039.3
2021 Regular SeasonBoston College00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonBoston College1241613-045.4

Related Context

Chibueze Onwuka played DT for Buffalo and Boston College. Across 6 tracked seasons, Chibueze Onwuka recorded 129 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Buffalo paired 13.5 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.3 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Buffalo, Boston College.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Colgate

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

12.3

Usage

4

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Colgate

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Army: 0. Colgate: 3. Kent State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Ball State: 1

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. Army: 1 by 4.2. Colgate: 1 by 34.2. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 4 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Colgate

Best efficiency game

34.2 vs Colgate

Result
Fri 11/17@ Ball StateW 40-2431000
Wed 11/8vs Bowling GreenW 38-2811000
Sat 10/14vs Northern IllinoisL 13-1411000
Sat 9/30@ Kent StateW 27-1311000
Sat 9/16vs ColgateSplash gameW 33-1011110
Sat 9/9@ ArmyL 17-2110000

Player Story

Chibueze Onwuka story

Chibueze Onwuka built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Bowie, MD wearing No. 93, spending time with Boston College and Buffalo. The clearest part of Chibueze Onwuka's career was his defensive production: 129 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, and 8.5 sacks across 45 career games in the available record. That gives Chibueze Onwuka's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Buffalo

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Boston College

    2020-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920192020202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonBuffalo412.34
2018 Regular SeasonBuffalo7.520.86.73.5
2019 PostseasonBuffalo13.524.276
2019 Regular SeasonBuffalo13.524.270
2020 Regular SeasonBoston College5195.7-8.5
2020 Regular SeasonBuffalo5195.70
2021 Regular SeasonBoston College0-5
2022 Regular SeasonBoston College1022.66.110

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Louisville

Week 5 · W 34-33 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 3 · W 35-28 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Penn State

Week 2 · L 13-45

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Colgate

Week 3 · W 33-10

3

Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Rutgers

Week 1 · L 21-22

2

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Buffalo

13.5 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 7 usage

58.2

#2

2019 Regular Season · Buffalo

58.2

13.5 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Buffalo

45.6

7.5 primary · 20.8 efficiency · 6.7 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

13

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games