Usage / Role
61%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Colorado State
CJ Onyechi
DL • 6'0" • 245 lbs • West Orange, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
CJ Onyechi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
75
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
68
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Colorado State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Rutgers • Colorado State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
CJ Onyechi built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from West Orange, NJ wearing No. 2, spending time with Colorado State and Rutgers. The clearest part of CJ Onyechi's career was his...
Read the storyCJ Onyechi, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Colorado State. CJ Onyechi shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 141
- TFL
- 18.5
- Sacks
- 6
- QB hurries
- 17
Quick Answers
CJ Onyechi quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 141
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Colorado State
- Top game
- Indiana
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 56 tackles · DL 12th (top 2%) · Mountain West 36th (top 7%) · National 433rd (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Rutgers | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rutgers | 11 | 24 | 2.5 | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 35.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rutgers | 7 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | 61.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rutgers | 10 | 27 | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 40 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado State | 12 | 56 | 7.5 | 1 | 6 | - | 0 | 68.9 |
Related Context
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CJ Onyechi played DL for Rutgers and Colorado State. Across 6 tracked seasons, CJ Onyechi recorded 141 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Colorado State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Colorado State paired 14.5 primary output with 31.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 31.5 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Rutgers, Colorado State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Colorado State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
31.5
Usage
10.2
Consistency
59.4
Best Game by takeover score
San José State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 1. Middle Tennessee: 0.5. Washington State: 2. Sacramento State: 0. Nevada: 2. Utah State: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Boise State: 2. San José State: 3. Wyoming: 0.5. Air Force: 2. New Mexico: 1.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 5 by 30.8. Middle Tennessee: 9 by 42.5. Washington State: 2 by 28.3. Sacramento State: 3 by 12.5. Nevada: 4 by 36.7. Utah State: 7 by 29.2. Hawai'i: 3 by 12.5. Boise State: 4 by 36.7. San José State: 3 by 42.5. Wyoming: 2 by 13.3. Air Force: 10 by 61.7. New Mexico: 4 by 31.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 9 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
San José State
Best efficiency game
61.7 vs Air Force
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/25 | vs New Mexico | W 17-0 | 4 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | @ Air Force10+ tackles · Splash game | L 12-24 | 10 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Wyoming | L 13-14 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/6 | @ San José StateSplash game | L 16-28 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Boise StateSplash game | L 10-49 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Hawai'i | W 17-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Utah State | L 13-17 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ NevadaSplash game | W 17-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Sacramento State | L 10-41 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Washington StateSplash game | L 7-38 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 19-34 | 9 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Michigan | L 7-51 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
CJ Onyechi story
CJ Onyechi built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from West Orange, NJ wearing No. 2, spending time with Colorado State and Rutgers. The clearest part of CJ Onyechi's career was his defensive production: 141 tackles, 18.5 tackles for loss, and 6 sacks across 44 career games in the available record. That gives CJ Onyechi's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Rutgers
2017-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Colorado State
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Rutgers | 1 | 10.8 | 3.1 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Rutgers | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Rutgers | 8.5 | 16.8 | 6.1 | 8.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Rutgers | 11 | 31.2 | 11 | 2.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Rutgers | 6.5 | 17.8 | 5.6 | -4.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Colorado State | 14.5 | 31.5 | 10.2 | 8 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Indiana
Week 9 · L 21-37 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Penn State
Week 14 · L 6-27 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#3
@ San José State
Week 10 · L 16-28 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Air Force
Week 12 · L 12-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Delaware
Week 3 · W 45-13
2
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Colorado State
14.5 primary output · 31.5 efficiency · 10.2 usage
68.9
#2
2020 Regular Season · Rutgers
61.2
11 primary · 31.2 efficiency · 11 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Rutgers
40
6.5 primary · 17.8 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
10
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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