Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Minnesota
Esezi Otomewo
DL • 6'6" • 285 lbs • Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Esezi Otomewo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Minnesota
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Minnesota
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia
Player Story
Esezi Otomewo built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Indianapolis, IN wearing No. 9, spending time with Minnesota. The clearest part of Esezi Otomewo's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 22
- Overall
- No. 165
- NFL Team
- Minnesota Vikings
Esezi Otomewo, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Minnesota. Esezi Otomewo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Esezi Otomewo quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Minnesota · DL
- Career Tackles
- 79
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Minnesota
- Top game
- West Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Ben Davis · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- Ben Davis · 37 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 5 · Pick 22 · Minnesota Vikings
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · DL 174th (top 19%) · Big Ten 147th (top 24%) · National 1,409th (top 24%)
Esezi Otomewo played DL for Minnesota. Across 4 tracked seasons, Esezi Otomewo recorded 79 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Minnesota.
Recognition
Honors
- 20212021 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20212021 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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