Player Dossier

2022-2023

Ole Miss

Isaac Ukwu

DE • 6'3" • 260 lbs • Upper Marlboro, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Isaac Ukwu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

83%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

81

High-end production for an edge defender

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · James Madison

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
James Madison • Ole Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Player Story

Isaac Ukwu built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a defensive end from Upper Marlboro, MD wearing No. 99, spending time with James Madison and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Isaac Ukwu's career was his...

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Isaac Ukwu, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · James Madison. Isaac Ukwu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
70
TFL
15
Sacks
11
QB hurries
9
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Isaac Ukwu quick answers

Latest team and position
Ole Miss · DE
Career Tackles
70
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 21 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · James Madison
Top game
Tulane
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
30 tackles · DE 64th (top 22%) · SEC 149th (top 25%) · National 1,326th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonJames Madison114010.57.561060.9
2023 PostseasonOle Miss103-0-2042.3
2023 Regular SeasonOle Miss10274.53.53-042.3

Related Context

Isaac Ukwu played DE for James Madison and Ole Miss. Across 2 tracked seasons, Isaac Ukwu recorded 70 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with James Madison.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

James Madison paired 25 primary output with 37 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 25.5 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to 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 James Madison, Ole Miss.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with 5 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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2023 Postseason · Ole Miss

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

25.5

Usage

6.3

Consistency

39

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 2. Tulane: 5. Georgia Tech: 2. Alabama: 0. LSU: 0. Arkansas: 2. Auburn: 1. Texas A&M: 1. Georgia: 0. UL Monroe: 0

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 3 by 32.5. Tulane: 6 by 75. Georgia Tech: 4 by 36.7. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. LSU: 4 by 16.7. Arkansas: 2 by 28.3. Auburn: 5 by 30.8. Texas A&M: 2 by 18.3. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. UL Monroe: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 8 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

75 vs Tulane

Result
Sat 12/30@ Penn StateSplash gameW 38-2531002
Sat 11/18vs UL MonroeW 35-322000
Sun 11/12@ GeorgiaL 17-5211000
Sat 11/4vs Texas A&MW 38-3521000
Sat 10/21@ AuburnW 28-21530.500.500
Sat 10/7vs ArkansasSplash gameW 27-2020110
Sat 9/30vs LSUW 55-4943000
Sat 9/23@ AlabamaL 10-2411000
Sat 9/16vs Georgia TechSplash gameW 48-2342110
Sat 9/9@ TulaneSplash gameW 37-2064210

Player Story

Isaac Ukwu story

Isaac Ukwu built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a defensive end from Upper Marlboro, MD wearing No. 99, spending time with James Madison and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Isaac Ukwu's career was his defensive production: 70 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with James Madison. 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 Isaac Ukwu's production has multiple signals. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across James Madison and Ole Miss.

The arc is straightforward: Isaac Ukwu 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    James Madison

    2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Ole Miss

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonJames Madison25379.1
2023 PostseasonOle Miss1325.56.3-12
2023 Regular SeasonOle Miss1325.56.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Tulane

Week 2 · W 37-20

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Marshall

Week 8 · L 12-26 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 1 · W 44-7

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Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Arkansas State

Week 6 · W 42-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Georgia State

Week 12 · W 42-40 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · James Madison

25 primary output · 37 efficiency · 9.1 usage

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#2

2023 Postseason · Ole Miss

42.3

13 primary · 25.5 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Ole Miss

42.3

13 primary · 25.5 efficiency · 6.3 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games