Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Rice
Kenneth Orji
LB • 6'2" • 258 lbs • Missouri City, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kenneth Orji shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Marshall
Player Story
Kenneth Orji built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Kenneth Orji's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Kenneth Orji, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Rice. Kenneth Orji shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 113
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 7
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Kenneth Orji quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · LB
- Career Tackles
- 113
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Marshall
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Elkins · Rice
- High school pipeline
- Elkins · 23 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · LB 603rd (top 49%) · Conference USA 200th (top 40%) · National 2,191st (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 43.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rice | 11 | 40 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 29.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rice | 4 | 16 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 49 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 9 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Rice | 9 | 16 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 9.7 |
Related Context
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Kenneth Orji played LB for Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kenneth Orji recorded 113 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Rice paired 9 primary output with 26.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Rice
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
8.5
Usage
1.8
Consistency
3.7
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. McNeese: 0. UAB: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Louisiana Tech: 1. Charlotte: 0. UTEP: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. UTSA: 0. North Texas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. McNeese: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 1 by 4.2. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 12.5. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 22.5. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. North Texas: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
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9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana Tech
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs Louisiana Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ North Texas | L 17-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs UTSA | L 7-41 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Western Kentucky | L 10-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/3 | vs UTEP | W 37-30 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Charlotte | L 23-56 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 42-41 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 14-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs UAB | W 28-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs McNeese | W 52-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kenneth Orji story
Kenneth Orji built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Kenneth Orji's career was his defensive production: 113 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kenneth Orji's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Rice
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 10.5 | 2.3 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rice | 4.5 | 19.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rice | 5.5 | 30.4 | 7.6 | 1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rice | 9 | 26.7 | 7.9 | 3.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Rice | 1 | 8.5 | 1.8 | -8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Marshall
Week 14 · W 20-0 · Conference game
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
83.9 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Texas Southern
Week 4 · W 48-34
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Houston
Week 2 · L 7-44
2
Havoc Plays
80.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Southern Miss
Week 9 · L 6-20 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Baylor
Week 4 · L 13-21
2
Havoc Plays
59.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Rice
9 primary output · 26.7 efficiency · 7.9 usage
64.5
#2
2020 Regular Season · Rice
49
5.5 primary · 30.4 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Rice
43.2
0 primary · 10.5 efficiency · 2.3 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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