Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023James Madison
Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji
DL • 6'3" • 270 lbs • Snellville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · James Madison
192223
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Minnesota • James Madison
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Player Story
Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Snellville, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with James Madison and Minnesota. The clearest part of Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji's...
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- Committed To
- Minnesota
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · James Madison. Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 24
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 7
Quick Answers
Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji quick answers
- Latest team and position
- James Madison · DL
- Career Tackles
- 24
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · James Madison
- Top game
- Georgia State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · South Gwinnett · Minnesota
- High school pipeline
- South Gwinnett · 24 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DL 890th (top 90%) · Sun Belt 494th (top 75%) · National 4,573rd (top 77%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | James Madison | 11 | 23 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 7 | - | 0 | 54.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | James Madison | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | James Madison to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 18.7 | Dec 5, 2023 |
Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji played DL for Minnesota and James Madison. Across 3 tracked seasons, Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji recorded 24 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 14 primary output with 21.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.4 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from 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 Minnesota, James Madison.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State
Win with 3 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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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · James Madison
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
21.4
Usage
5.7
Consistency
47.7
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Middle Tennessee: 3. Norfolk State: 1.5. App State: 1.5. Texas State: 1. Arkansas State: 0. Georgia Southern: 2. Marshall: 1. Louisville: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Georgia State: 3. Coastal Carolina: 1
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. Middle Tennessee: 3 by 42.5. Norfolk State: 1 by 19.2. App State: 2 by 23.3. Texas State: 3 by 22.5. Arkansas State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Southern: 3 by 32.5. Marshall: 5 by 30.8. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Old Dominion: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 1 by 34.2. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.4 · Games = 8 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Georgia State
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Coastal Carolina | W 47-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Georgia StateSplash game | W 42-40 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Old Dominion | W 37-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Louisville | L 10-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Marshall | L 12-26 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Georgia SouthernSplash game | L 38-45 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Arkansas State | W 42-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Texas State | W 40-13 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ App State | W 32-28 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Norfolk State | W 63-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | W 44-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji story
Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Snellville, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with James Madison and Minnesota. The clearest part of Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji's career was his defensive production: 24 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Abi Nwabuoku-Okonji's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Minnesota
2019
Opening stop
- 2
James Madison
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Minnesota | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | James Madison | 14 | 21.4 | 5.7 | 14 |
| 2023 Regular Season | James Madison | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -14 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia State
Week 12 · W 42-40 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#2
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 1 · W 44-7
3
Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Georgia Southern
Week 7 · L 38-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#4
@ App State
Week 4 · W 32-28 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
42.5 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Norfolk State
Week 2 · W 63-7
1.5
Havoc Plays
41.7 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 41.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · James Madison
14 primary output · 21.4 efficiency · 5.7 usage
54.1
#2
2023 Regular Season · James Madison
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Minnesota
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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