Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023UConn
Sokoya McDuffie
DL • 6'5" • 296 lbs • Florence, SC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Sokoya McDuffie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Old Dominion
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Old Dominion • UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Player Story
Sokoya McDuffie built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Florence, SC wearing No. 99, spending time with Old Dominion and UConn. The clearest part of Sokoya McDuffie's career was...
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- Committed To
- Old Dominion
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Sokoya McDuffie, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Old Dominion. Sokoya McDuffie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 52
- TFL
- 9
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Sokoya McDuffie quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UConn · DL
- Career Tackles
- 52
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Old Dominion
- Top game
- Middle Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · South Florence · Old Dominion
- High school pipeline
- Crown Point · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · DL 550th (top 56%) · FBS Independents 82nd (top 43%) · National 2,660th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Postseason | Old Dominion | 11 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 11 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | 59 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UConn | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 20.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UConn | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 12.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Old Dominion to UConn | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 21.2 | Jan 8, 2022 |
Sokoya McDuffie played DL for Old Dominion and UConn. Across 6 tracked seasons, Sokoya McDuffie recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Old Dominion.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Old Dominion paired 11 primary output with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.8 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 Old Dominion, UConn.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · UConn
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
8.8
Usage
1.9
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Massachusetts
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 0. Georgia State: 0. Duke: 0. Rice: 0. South Florida: 0. Boston College: 0. Sacred Heart: 1. Massachusetts: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 2 by 8.3. Georgia State: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 1 by 4.2. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 3 by 12.5. Sacred Heart: 0 by 10. Massachusetts: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Massachusetts
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs Massachusetts
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Massachusetts | W 31-18 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Sacred Heart | W 31-3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Boston College | L 14-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs South Florida | L 21-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Rice | W 38-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Duke | L 7-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Georgia State | L 14-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | vs NC State | L 14-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Sokoya McDuffie story
Sokoya McDuffie built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Florence, SC wearing No. 99, spending time with Old Dominion and UConn. The clearest part of Sokoya McDuffie's career was his defensive production: 52 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Old Dominion. 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 Sokoya McDuffie's production has multiple signals. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Old Dominion and UConn.
The arc is straightforward: Sokoya McDuffie 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
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Old Dominion
2018-2021
Opening stop
- 2
UConn
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 1 | 14.2 | 4.1 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Old Dominion | 11 | 20.6 | 6.7 | 11 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Old Dominion | 11 | 20.6 | 6.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UConn | 4 | 10.8 | 2.8 | -7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 8.8 | 1.9 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 12 · W 24-17 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Central Connecticut
Week 1 · W 28-3
2
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Marshall
Week 6 · L 13-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 11 · W 30-16 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Massachusetts
Week 13 · W 31-18 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Old Dominion
11 primary output · 20.6 efficiency · 6.7 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · Old Dominion
59
11 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Old Dominion
39.4
1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 4.1 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
5
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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