Player Dossier

2021-2022

New Mexico State

Chris Ojoh

LB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chris Ojoh shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

87

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
New Mexico State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Player Story

Chris Ojoh built his college career from 2021 through 2022 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 3, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Chris Ojoh's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7667

Bishop Alemany · Mission Hills, CA

Committed To
Eastern Washington
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Chris Ojoh, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Chris Ojoh shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 52.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
173
TFL
26.5
Sacks
11.5
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Chris Ojoh quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico State · LB
Career Tackles
173
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 27 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Top game
New Mexico
Recruit profile
2-star · Bishop Alemany · Eastern Washington
High school pipeline
Bishop Alemany · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
102 tackles · LB 38th (top 4%) · FBS Independents 2nd (top 1%) · National 40th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State127115.5632080
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State12102115.542074.7

Related Context

Chris Ojoh played LB for New Mexico State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Chris Ojoh recorded 173 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with New Mexico State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

New Mexico State paired 26.5 primary output with 46.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 46.4 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: Alabama

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.2

Efficiency

46.4

Usage

16.4

Consistency

73.6

Best Game by takeover score

Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 3. UTEP: 0.5. New Mexico: 2.5. South Carolina State: 2. Hawai'i: 4. San José State: 2. Nevada: 0. Hawai'i: 2.5. Utah State: 1. Alabama: 4. Kentucky: 3. Massachusetts: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San Diego State: 5 by 50.8. UTEP: 4 by 21.7. New Mexico: 8 by 58.3. South Carolina State: 3 by 32.5. Hawai'i: 5 by 60.8. San José State: 6 by 45. Nevada: 7 by 29.2. Hawai'i: 6 by 50. Utah State: 5 by 30.8. Alabama: 13 by 90. Kentucky: 2 by 38.3. Massachusetts: 7 by 49.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins2 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 10 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Alabama

Best efficiency game

90 vs Alabama

Result
Sat 11/27vs MassachusettsSplash gameW 44-2775200
Sat 11/20@ KentuckySplash gameL 16-5621101
Sat 11/13@ Alabama10+ tackles · Splash gameL 3-59139310
Sat 11/6vs Utah StateL 13-3553100
Sun 10/24@ Hawai'iSplash gameL 34-48641.5010
Sun 10/10@ NevadaL 28-5577000
Sun 10/3@ San José StateSplash gameL 31-3762100
Sun 9/26vs Hawai'i2+ sacks · Splash gameL 21-4154220
Sun 9/19vs South Carolina StateSplash gameW 43-3532001
Sat 9/11@ New MexicoSplash gameL 25-34831.5010
Sun 9/5@ San Diego StateSplash gameL 10-2853210
Sun 8/29vs UTEPL 3-30400.5000

Player Story

Chris Ojoh story

Chris Ojoh built his college career from 2021 through 2022 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 3, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Chris Ojoh's career was his defensive production: 173 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with New Mexico State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Chris Ojoh's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico State.

The arc is straightforward: Chris Ojoh moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    New Mexico State

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State26.546.416.4
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State22.552.413.9-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs New Mexico

Week 7 · W 21-9

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ Alabama

Week 11 · L 3-59

4

Havoc Plays

96.7 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Hawai'i

Week 4 · L 21-41

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Hawai'i

Week 4 · W 45-26

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Havoc Plays

80 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#5

@ Washington

Week 1

1

Havoc Plays

77.9 takeover

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 77.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · New Mexico State

26.5 primary output · 46.4 efficiency · 16.4 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · New Mexico State

74.7

22.5 primary · 52.4 efficiency · 13.9 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

15

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games