Player Dossier

2019-2023

James 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.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

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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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.854

South Gwinnett · Snellville, GA

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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonJames Madison11235.51.57-054.1
2023 Regular SeasonJames Madison11-0--037

Related Context

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

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Minnesota, James Madison.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bucknell

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · James Madison

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Bucknell

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bucknell

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Bucknell

Result
Sat 9/2vs BucknellW 38-311000

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. 1

    Minnesota

    2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    James Madison

    2022-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota0
2022 Regular SeasonJames Madison1421.45.714
2023 Regular SeasonJames Madison04.20.8-14

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

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games