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

44%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

55

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

48

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

72

High-upside career profile

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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

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.6 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: Louisville

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Regular Season · Boston College

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

22.6

Usage

6.1

Consistency

33.9

Best Game by takeover score

Louisville

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rutgers: 2. Virginia Tech: 0.5. Maine: 0. Florida State: 2. Louisville: 2. Clemson: 1. Wake Forest: 0. UConn: 0.5. Duke: 0. NC State: 2. Notre Dame: 0. Syracuse: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rutgers: 2 by 28.3. Virginia Tech: 3 by 17.5. Maine: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 2 by 28.3. Louisville: 9 by 57.5. Clemson: 1 by 14.2. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. UConn: 6 by 30. Duke: 7 by 29.2. NC State: 4 by 36.7. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 9 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisville

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs Louisville

Result
Sun 11/27vs SyracuseL 23-3230000
Sat 11/19@ Notre DameL 0-4411000
Sat 11/12@ NC StateSplash gameW 21-2042200
Fri 11/4vs DukeL 31-3872000
Sat 10/29@ UConnL 3-13630.5000
Sat 10/22@ Wake ForestL 15-4310000
Sat 10/8vs ClemsonL 3-3111000
Sat 10/1vs LouisvilleSplash gameW 34-3396200
Sun 9/25@ Florida StateSplash gameL 14-4420000
Sat 9/17vs MaineW 38-1720000
Sun 9/11@ Virginia TechL 10-27310.5000
Sat 9/3vs RutgersSplash gameL 21-2222110

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