Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Vanderbilt
Dayo Odeyingbo
DL • 6'6" • 276 lbs • Irving, TX, USA
High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence
Dayo Odeyingbo shows a high-volume tackler profile with 44.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
76
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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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: 2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: East Tennessee State
Player Story
Dayo Odeyingbo built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Irving, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Dayo Odeyingbo's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Vanderbilt
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 22
- Overall
- No. 54
- NFL Team
- Indianapolis Colts
Dayo Odeyingbo, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Dayo Odeyingbo shows a high-volume tackler profile with 44.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 126
- TFL
- 31
- Sacks
- 12
- QB hurries
- 23
- Passes defended
- 3
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Dayo Odeyingbo quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · DL
- Career Tackles
- 126
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- East Tennessee State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Ranchview · Vanderbilt
- High school pipeline
- Ranchview · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 2 · Pick 22 · Indianapolis Colts
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DL 53rd (top 7%) · SEC 109th (top 19%) · National 721st (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 9 | 21 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 28.7 |
| 2018 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 12 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 24 | 6 | 2.5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 50.3 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 45 | 12 | 1.5 | 7 | - | 0 | 67.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 8 | 32 | 8 | 5.5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 75.6 |
Related Context
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Dayo Odeyingbo played DL for Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dayo Odeyingbo recorded 126 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 23.5 primary output with 44.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 44.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
2.9
Efficiency
44.8
Usage
23.2
Consistency
57.4
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 4. LSU: 2. South Carolina: 6. Ole Miss: 1.5. Mississippi State: 3. Kentucky: 0. Florida: 2. Missouri: 5
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 7 by 69.2. LSU: 6 by 45. South Carolina: 5 by 70.8. Ole Miss: 2 by 23.3. Mississippi State: 1 by 34.2. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Florida: 4 by 36.7. Missouri: 4 by 66.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half3.4 · Games = 4 · +0.9 vs Second Half
Second Half2.5 · Games = 4 · -0.9 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
70.8 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | @ Missouri2+ sacks · Splash game | L 0-41 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | vs FloridaSplash game | L 17-38 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Kentucky | L 35-38 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Mississippi StateSplash game | L 17-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Ole Miss | L 21-54 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | vs South CarolinaSplash game | L 7-41 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | vs LSUSplash game | L 7-41 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Texas A&MSplash game | L 12-17 | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Dayo Odeyingbo story
Dayo Odeyingbo built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive lineman from Irving, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Dayo Odeyingbo's career was his defensive production: 126 tackles, 31 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 1 interception across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Dayo Odeyingbo's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Vanderbilt
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 9 | 19.7 | 5.1 | — |
| 2018 Postseason | Vanderbilt | 17 | 22.2 | 8.6 | 8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 17 | 22.2 | 8.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 20.5 | 32.7 | 13.2 | 3.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 23.5 | 44.8 | 23.2 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs East Tennessee State
Week 13 · W 38-0
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs South Carolina
Week 6 · L 7-41 · Conference game
6
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Ole Miss
Week 12 · W 36-29 · Conference game
7
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
7 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Western Kentucky
Week 10 · W 31-17
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Missouri
Week 13 · L 0-41 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
83.3 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
23.5 primary output · 44.8 efficiency · 23.2 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
67.9
20.5 primary · 32.7 efficiency · 13.2 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Vanderbilt
50.3
17 primary · 22.2 efficiency · 8.6 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
17
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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