Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024TCU
NaNa Osafo-Mensah
DL • 6'3" • 255 lbs • Fort Worth, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
NaNa Osafo-Mensah shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
81
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · TCU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Notre Dame • TCU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
NaNa Osafo-Mensah built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 54, spending time with Notre Dame and TCU. The clearest part of NaNa Osafo-Mensah's career was...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
NaNa Osafo-Mensah, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · TCU. NaNa Osafo-Mensah shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 82
- TFL
- 17.5
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 11
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
NaNa Osafo-Mensah quick answers
- Latest team and position
- TCU · DL
- Career Tackles
- 82
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · TCU
- Top game
- Stanford
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Nolan Catholic · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Nolan Catholic · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 54 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 38 tackles · DL 77th (top 8%) · Big 12 118th (top 17%) · National 1,037th (top 17%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 9 | 12 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 22.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 14.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 8 | 20 | 5.5 | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 45.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | TCU | 12 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 66.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | TCU | 12 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 66.9 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Notre Dame to TCU | G5/FCS to P4 | 82.8 | Nov 27, 2023 |
NaNa Osafo-Mensah played DL for Notre Dame and TCU. Across 6 tracked seasons, NaNa Osafo-Mensah recorded 82 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with TCU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
TCU paired 17.5 primary output with 27.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 27.8 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Notre Dame, TCU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · TCU
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
27.8
Usage
10.7
Consistency
50.4
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 1.5. Stanford: 4. Long Island University: 2. UCF: 0. SMU: 1. Houston: 0. Utah: 2. Texas Tech: 1. Baylor: 0. Oklahoma State: 2.5. Arizona: 3. Cincinnati: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 3 by 27.5. Stanford: 1 by 44.2. Long Island University: 2 by 28.3. UCF: 4 by 16.7. SMU: 4 by 26.7. Houston: 4 by 16.7. Utah: 2 by 28.3. Texas Tech: 2 by 18.3. Baylor: 3 by 12.5. Oklahoma State: 4 by 41.7. Arizona: 6 by 55. Cincinnati: 3 by 17.5
Split Comparison
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Wins2.1 · Games = 8 · +1.8 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -1.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
55 vs Arizona
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | vs Louisiana | W 34-3 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/30 | @ Cincinnati | W 20-13 | 3 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs ArizonaSplash game | W 49-28 | 6 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | vs Oklahoma StateSplash game | W 38-13 | 4 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/3 | @ Baylor | L 34-37 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Texas Tech | W 35-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/20 | @ UtahSplash game | W 13-7 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 10/4 | vs Houston | L 19-30 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ SMU | L 42-66 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs UCF | L 34-35 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/8 | vs Long Island UniversitySplash game | W 45-0 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ StanfordSplash game | W 34-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
NaNa Osafo-Mensah story
NaNa Osafo-Mensah built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 54, spending time with Notre Dame and TCU. The clearest part of NaNa Osafo-Mensah's career was his defensive production: 82 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 39 career games in the available record. That gives NaNa Osafo-Mensah's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Notre Dame
2019-2023
Opening stop
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TCU
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 6.5 | 12.8 | 3.3 | 6.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 3 | 8.4 | 2.6 | -3.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 10.5 | 23.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | TCU | 17.5 | 27.8 | 10.7 | 7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | TCU | 17.5 | 27.8 | 10.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Stanford
Week 13 · W 56-23
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
80.5 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Stanford
Week 1 · W 34-27
4
Havoc Plays
79.5 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 79.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Arizona
Week 13 · W 49-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Purdue
Week 3 · W 27-13
3
Havoc Plays
72.5 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Oklahoma State
Week 11 · W 38-13 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
68.1 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · TCU
17.5 primary output · 27.8 efficiency · 10.7 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · TCU
66.9
17.5 primary · 27.8 efficiency · 10.7 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Notre Dame
45.1
10.5 primary · 23.5 efficiency · 6.9 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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