Player Dossier

2018-2022

UNLV

Austin Ajiake

LB • 6'2" • 220 lbs • Fremont, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Austin Ajiake shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

51%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

77

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

85

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

76

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UNLV

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UNLV
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Player Story

Austin Ajiake built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Fremont, CA wearing No. 27, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Austin Ajiake's career was his defensive production: 223...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.7792

Bellarmine Prep · San Jose, CA

Committed To
UNLV
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Austin Ajiake, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · UNLV. Austin Ajiake shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
223
TFL
11
Sacks
3
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Austin Ajiake quick answers

Latest team and position
UNLV · LB
Career Tackles
223
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · UNLV
Top game
San José State
Recruit profile
2-star · Bellarmine Prep · UNLV
High school pipeline
Bellarmine Prep · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 27 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
124 tackles · LB 7th (top 1%) · Mountain West 1st (top 1%) · National 7th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonUNLV55-0--036.5
2019 Regular SeasonUNLV914-0--038.6
2020 Regular SeasonUNLV46-01-014.3
2021 Regular SeasonUNLV8741011035.6
2022 Regular SeasonUNLV121241031-076.7

Related Context

Austin Ajiake played LB for UNLV. Across 5 tracked seasons, Austin Ajiake recorded 223 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with UNLV.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

UNLV paired 16 primary output with 53.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 39.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · UNLV

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

39.2

Usage

9.1

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

UTSA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Washington: 0. Arizona State: 0. Iowa State: 0. Fresno State: 0. UTSA: 2. Utah State: 1. San José State: 0. Nevada: 0

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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Washington: 10 by 41.7. Arizona State: 9 by 37.5. Iowa State: 6 by 25. Fresno State: 7 by 29.2. UTSA: 4 by 36.7. Utah State: 18 by 60. San José State: 10 by 41.7. Nevada: 10 by 41.7

Split Comparison

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

First Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UTSA

Best efficiency game

60 vs Utah State

Result
Sat 10/30@ Nevada10+ tacklesL 20-511010000
Fri 10/22vs San José State10+ tacklesL 20-27103000
Sat 10/16vs Utah State10+ tacklesL 24-28187100
Sat 10/2@ UTSASplash gameL 17-2443001
Sat 9/25@ Fresno StateL 30-3877000
Sun 9/19vs Iowa StateL 3-4862000
Sun 9/12@ Arizona StateL 10-3796000
Fri 9/3vs Eastern Washington10+ tacklesL 33-35105000

Player Story

Austin Ajiake story

Austin Ajiake built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Fremont, CA wearing No. 27, spending time with UNLV. The clearest part of Austin Ajiake's career was his defensive production: 223 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with UNLV. 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 Austin Ajiake's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 9 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UNLV.

The arc is straightforward: Austin Ajiake 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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    UNLV

    2018-2022

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Season Value Progression

20182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonUNLV04.20.6
2019 Regular SeasonUNLV06.51.10
2020 Regular SeasonUNLV18.84.11
2021 Regular SeasonUNLV339.29.12
2022 Regular SeasonUNLV1653.117.513

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ San José State

Week 6 · L 7-40 · Conference game

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

96.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.

#2

@ UTSA

Week 5 · L 17-24

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Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#3

@ Hawai'i

Week 12 · L 25-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#4

vs New Mexico

Week 5 · W 31-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Utah State

Week 4 · W 34-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

71.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · UNLV

16 primary output · 53.1 efficiency · 17.5 usage

76.7

#2

2019 Regular Season · UNLV

38.6

0 primary · 6.5 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · UNLV

36.5

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

7

Splash games

11

10+ tackle games