Player Dossier

2019-2024

Northwestern

Coco Azema

DB • 5'11" • 207 lbs • Cypress, TX, USA

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Coco Azema shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

29%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

36

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Player Story

Coco Azema built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Cypress, TX, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Coco Azema's career was his defensive production: 170 tackles,...

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Coco Azema, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northwestern. Coco Azema shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
170
TFL
6.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
7
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Coco Azema quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · DB
Career Tackles
170
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Northwestern
Top game
Nebraska
Latest roster
No. 0 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
32 tackles · DB 318th (top 33%) · Big Ten 165th (top 21%) · National 1,285th (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern34-0--138.3
2020 PostseasonNorthwestern61-0--010.3
2020 Regular SeasonNorthwestern64-0--010.3
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern11723.5014060
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern32021--041.5
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern937-0-1018.9
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern123210-2024.5

Related Context

Coco Azema played DB for Northwestern. Across 6 tracked seasons, Coco Azema recorded 123 rushing yards, 170 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Northwestern paired 8.5 primary output with 34.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Northwestern

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

14.4

Usage

3

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): 0. Duke: 1. Eastern Illinois: 0. Washington: 0. Indiana: 0. Maryland: 1. Wisconsin: 1. Iowa: 0. Purdue: 0. Ohio State: 1. Michigan: 0. Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Duke: 4 by 26.7. Eastern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 5 by 20.8. Indiana: 3 by 12.5. Maryland: 2 by 18.3. Wisconsin: 4 by 26.7. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 6 by 25. Ohio State: 1 by 14.2. Michigan: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Wisconsin

Result
Sat 11/30vs IllinoisL 28-38
Sat 11/23@ MichiganL 6-5021000
Sat 11/16vs Ohio StateL 7-3111001
Sat 11/2@ PurdueW 26-2065000
Sat 10/26@ IowaL 14-4022000
Sat 10/19vs WisconsinL 3-23440010
Sat 10/12@ MarylandW 37-1022100
Sat 10/5vs IndianaL 24-4131000
Sat 9/21@ WashingtonL 5-2454000
Sat 9/14vs Eastern IllinoisW 31-710000
Sat 9/7vs DukeL 20-2644001
Sat 8/31vs Miami (OH)W 13-620000

Player Story

Coco Azema story

Coco Azema built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive back from Cypress, TX, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Coco Azema's career was his defensive production: 170 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. His career also includes 123 rushing yards and 382 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Coco Azema's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Northwestern

    2019-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern05.61.1
2020 PostseasonNorthwestern16.82.11
2020 Regular SeasonNorthwestern16.82.10
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern8.534.66.47.5
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern337.89.8-5.5
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern219.33.5-1
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern414.432

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Nebraska

Week 1 · W 31-28 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Illinois

Week 13 · L 14-47 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Wisconsin

Week 8 · L 3-23 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Minnesota

Week 9 · L 14-41 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Maryland

Week 8 · W 43-3 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

63.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Northwestern

8.5 primary output · 34.6 efficiency · 6.4 usage

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#2

2022 Regular Season · Northwestern

41.5

3 primary · 37.8 efficiency · 9.8 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Northwestern

38.3

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

4

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games