Player Dossier

2018-2023

LSU

Ovie Oghoufo

DE • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Lathrup Village, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ovie Oghoufo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Texas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Notre Dame • Texas • LSU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Player Story

Ovie Oghoufo built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive end from Lathrup Village, MI wearing No. 2, spending time with LSU, Notre Dame, and Texas. The clearest part of Ovie Oghoufo's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8755

Harrison · Farmington, MI

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Ovie Oghoufo, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Texas. Ovie Oghoufo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
143
TFL
19
Sacks
8
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
9

Quick Answers

Ovie Oghoufo quick answers

Latest team and position
LSU · DE
Career Tackles
143
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 47 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Texas
Top game
TCU
Recruit profile
3-star · Harrison · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Harrison · 16 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
33 tackles · DE 55th (top 19%) · SEC 134th (top 22%) · National 1,195th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00-0--0-
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame62-0--030.4
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame6101131030.4
2020 PostseasonNotre Dame61-0--016.4
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame6611-2016.4
2021 Regular SeasonTexas12425.5222052
2022 Regular SeasonTexas12497.51.543059.3
2023 PostseasonLSU113-0--044.5
2023 Regular SeasonLSU113042.521044.5

Related Context

Ovie Oghoufo played DE for Notre Dame, Texas, and LSU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ovie Oghoufo recorded 143 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Texas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Texas paired 16 primary output with 30.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.1 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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Notre Dame, Texas, LSU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · LSU

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

21.1

Usage

5.5

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

Texas A&M

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 0. Florida State: 0. Grambling: 1. Ole Miss: 0. Missouri: 1. Auburn: 1. Army: 1. Alabama: 0. Florida: 0. Georgia State: 1.5. Texas A&M: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. Florida State: 3 by 12.5. Grambling: 2 by 18.3. Ole Miss: 3 by 12.5. Missouri: 2 by 18.3. Auburn: 1 by 14.2. Army: 1 by 14.2. Alabama: 5 by 20.8. Florida: 5 by 20.8. Georgia State: 6 by 40. Texas A&M: 2 by 48.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 8 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -1.2 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

Texas A&M

Best efficiency game

48.3 vs Texas A&M

Result
Mon 1/1vs WisconsinW 35-3131000
Sat 11/25vs Texas A&M2+ sacks · Splash gameW 42-3022220
Sun 11/19vs Georgia StateW 56-146010.500
Sun 11/12vs FloridaW 52-3553000
Sat 11/4@ AlabamaL 28-4251000
Sat 10/21vs ArmyW 62-011100
Sat 10/14vs AuburnW 48-1810000
Sat 10/7@ MissouriW 49-3921000
Sat 9/30@ Ole MissL 49-5531000
Sat 9/9vs GramblingW 72-1020001
Sun 9/3@ Florida StateL 24-4533000

Player Story

Ovie Oghoufo story

Ovie Oghoufo built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive end from Lathrup Village, MI wearing No. 2, spending time with LSU, Notre Dame, and Texas. The clearest part of Ovie Oghoufo's career was his defensive production: 143 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 9 passes defended across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Ovie Oghoufo'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

    Notre Dame

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas

    2021-2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    LSU

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201820192019202020202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame618.33.96
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame618.33.90
2020 PostseasonNotre Dame411.52.2-2
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame411.52.20
2021 Regular SeasonTexas11.524.27.17.5
2022 Regular SeasonTexas1630.46.94.5
2023 PostseasonLSU9.521.15.5-6.5
2023 Regular SeasonLSU9.521.15.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs TCU

Week 11 · L 10-17 · Conference game

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

88.1 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Rice

Week 3 · W 58-0

3.5

Havoc Plays

85.3 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Navy

Week 12 · W 52-20

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Texas A&M

Week 13 · W 42-30 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Louisiana

Week 1 · W 38-18

2.5

Havoc Plays

75.2 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Texas

16 primary output · 30.4 efficiency · 6.9 usage

59.3

#2

2021 Regular Season · Texas

52

11.5 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 7.1 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · LSU

44.5

9.5 primary · 21.1 efficiency · 5.5 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

10

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games