Player Dossier

2018-2023

UTEP

Praise Amaewhule

DE • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Katy, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Praise Amaewhule shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

49

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UTEP

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
UTEP
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Player Story

Praise Amaewhule built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive end from Katy, TX wearing No. 23, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Praise Amaewhule's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7681

Taylor · Katy, TX

Committed To
UTEP
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Praise Amaewhule, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UTEP. Praise Amaewhule shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
134
TFL
36
Sacks
21
QB hurries
31
Passes defended
19

Quick Answers

Praise Amaewhule quick answers

Latest team and position
UTEP · DE
Career Tackles
134
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 55 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · UTEP
Top game
Louisiana Tech
Recruit profile
2-star · Taylor · UTEP
High school pipeline
Taylor · 17 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
24 tackles · DE 91st (top 32%) · Conference USA 115th (top 28%) · National 1,730th (top 29%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP23-0--038.6
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP12285.5333047.4
2020 Regular SeasonUTEP81875.538055.4
2021 Regular SeasonUTEP1238125.5105069.8
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP10235.5281049
2023 Regular SeasonUTEP11246572051.2

Related Context

Praise Amaewhule played DE for UTEP. Across 6 tracked seasons, Praise Amaewhule recorded 134 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UTEP.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

UTEP paired 32.5 primary output with 34.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 31.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

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

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2020 Regular Season · UTEP

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

2.9

Efficiency

31.2

Usage

9.9

Consistency

35.2

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stephen F. Austin: 2. Texas: 0. Abilene Christian: 4.5. UL Monroe: 0. Louisiana Tech: 11. Charlotte: 2. UTSA: 4. North Texas: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stephen F. Austin: 0 by 20. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Abilene Christian: 3 by 57.5. UL Monroe: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana Tech: 5 by 70.8. Charlotte: 2 by 28.3. UTSA: 2 by 48.3. North Texas: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.2 · Games = 3 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses3.4 · Games = 5 · +1.2 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

Louisiana Tech

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Louisiana Tech

Result
Fri 12/11vs North TexasL 43-4541000
Sat 11/14@ UTSASplash gameL 21-5221102
Sat 10/24@ CharlotteSplash gameL 28-3821110
Sat 10/10@ Louisiana Tech2+ sacks · Splash gameL 17-21533.503.504
Sat 9/26@ UL MonroeW 31-610000
Sun 9/20vs Abilene ChristianSplash gameW 17-13321.5012
Sun 9/13@ TexasL 3-5910000
Sun 9/6vs Stephen F. AustinSplash gameW 24-1400000

Player Story

Praise Amaewhule story

Praise Amaewhule built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive end from Katy, TX wearing No. 23, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Praise Amaewhule's career was his defensive production: 134 tackles, 36 tackles for loss, 21 sacks, and 1 interception across 55 career games in the available record. That gives Praise Amaewhule's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UTEP

    2018-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonUTEP06.31.2
2019 Regular SeasonUTEP14.521.89.214.5
2020 Regular SeasonUTEP23.531.29.99
2021 Regular SeasonUTEP32.534.917.39
2022 Regular SeasonUTEP16.526.17.9-16
2023 Regular SeasonUTEP2128.29.44.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 6 · L 17-21 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

11 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

vs New Mexico

Week 4 · W 20-13

11.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with 11.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

11.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 9 · L 13-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida International

Week 7 · W 27-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Southern Miss

Week 5 · L 13-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · UTEP

32.5 primary output · 34.9 efficiency · 17.3 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · UTEP

55.4

23.5 primary · 31.2 efficiency · 9.9 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · UTEP

51.2

21 primary · 28.2 efficiency · 9.4 usage

Milestones

15

Impact games

23

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games