Player Dossier

2019-2022

Northwestern

Adetomiwa Adebawore

DL • 6'2" • 280 lbs • Kansas City, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Adetomiwa Adebawore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

76%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

86

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

49

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

86

Elite ceiling indicators

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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
4
Program Path
Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Player Story

Adetomiwa Adebawore built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 99, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Adetomiwa Adebawore's career was...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2023
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 8
Overall
No. 110
NFL Team
Indianapolis Colts

Adetomiwa Adebawore, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Northwestern. Adetomiwa Adebawore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
91
TFL
23.5
Sacks
11.5
QB hurries
22
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Adetomiwa Adebawore quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · DL
Career Tackles
91
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 33 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Northwestern
Top game
Rutgers
NFL Draft
2023 · Round 4 · Pick 8 · Indianapolis Colts
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
38 tackles · DL 78th (top 8%) · Big Ten 94th (top 16%) · National 937th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern00-0--0-
2020 PostseasonNorthwestern910.50-1054.5
2020 Regular SeasonNorthwestern9165.5271054.5
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern12368.54.5123066.5
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern12389531057.1

Related Context

Adetomiwa Adebawore played DL for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Adetomiwa Adebawore recorded 91 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Northwestern paired 28 primary output with 33.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

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

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2022 Regular Season · Northwestern

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.5

Efficiency

28.2

Usage

14.5

Consistency

36.1

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 0. Duke: 3. Southern Illinois: 0. Miami (OH): 4. Penn State: 0.5. Wisconsin: 0. Maryland: 4. Iowa: 1. Ohio State: 1.5. Minnesota: 0. Purdue: 1. Illinois: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 4 by 16.7. Duke: 7 by 59.2. Southern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Miami (OH): 3 by 52.5. Penn State: 4 by 21.7. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 3 by 52.5. Iowa: 0 by 10. Ohio State: 4 by 31.7. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 3 by 22.5. Illinois: 4 by 46.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -1.6 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 11 · +1.6 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

Maryland

Best efficiency game

59.2 vs Duke

Result
Sat 11/26vs IllinoisSplash gameL 3-4142210
Sat 11/19@ PurdueL 9-1732100
Sat 11/12@ MinnesotaL 3-3121000
Sat 11/5vs Ohio StateL 7-21420.5000
Sat 10/29@ IowaL 13-3300000
Sat 10/22@ Maryland2+ sacks · Splash gameL 24-3133220
Sat 10/8vs WisconsinL 7-4211000
Sat 10/1@ Penn StateL 7-17420.5000
Sat 9/24vs Miami (OH)Splash gameL 14-1732211
Sat 9/17vs Southern IllinoisL 24-3133000
Sat 9/10vs DukeSplash gameL 23-3175110
Sat 8/27vs NebraskaW 31-2844000

Player Story

Adetomiwa Adebawore story

Adetomiwa Adebawore built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 99, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Adetomiwa Adebawore's career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 23.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives Adetomiwa Adebawore's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Northwestern

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0
2020 PostseasonNorthwestern1726.88.517
2020 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1726.88.50
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern2833.312.111
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1828.214.5-10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Rutgers

Week 7 · W 21-7 · Conference game

Win with 7 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

7 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Wisconsin

Week 12 · W 17-7 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Maryland

Week 8 · L 24-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Miami (OH)

Week 4 · L 14-17

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Indiana State

Week 2 · W 24-6

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Havoc Plays

82.7 takeover

Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 82.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Northwestern

28 primary output · 33.3 efficiency · 12.1 usage

66.5

#2

2022 Regular Season · Northwestern

57.1

18 primary · 28.2 efficiency · 14.5 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Northwestern

54.5

17 primary · 26.8 efficiency · 8.5 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

14

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games