Player Dossier

2020-2024

Colorado

Chidozie Nwankwo

DT • 5'11" • 290 lbs • Richmond, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chidozie Nwankwo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19 disruption score.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

62

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

39

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Houston

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Houston • Colorado
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: BYU

Player Story

Chidozie Nwankwo built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Richmond, TX wearing No. 97, spending time with Colorado and Houston. The clearest part of Chidozie Nwankwo's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.926

The Bullis School · Potomac, MD

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Chidozie Nwankwo, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Houston. Chidozie Nwankwo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
124
TFL
15.5
Sacks
6.5
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Chidozie Nwankwo quick answers

Latest team and position
Colorado · DT
Career Tackles
124
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Houston
Top game
BYU
Recruit profile
4-star · The Bullis School · Clemson
High school pipeline
The Bullis School · 9 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 97 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
31 tackles · DT 39th (top 17%) · Big 12 156th (top 22%) · National 1,343rd (top 22%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 PostseasonHouston71-0--017.4
2020 Regular SeasonHouston7101.50--017.4
2021 Regular SeasonHouston82212--027.5
2022 Regular SeasonHouston9353.511-045.8
2023 Regular SeasonHouston72551--049.2
2024 PostseasonColorado1171.511-043.6
2024 Regular SeasonColorado112431.5--043.6

Related Context

Chidozie Nwankwo played DT for Houston and Colorado. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chidozie Nwankwo recorded 124 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Houston.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Houston paired 6 primary output with 23.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 23.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

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 Houston, Colorado.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

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

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2023 Regular Season · Houston

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

23.4

Usage

7.8

Consistency

33.7

Best Game by takeover score

West Virginia

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. TCU: 1.5. Texas Tech: 0. West Virginia: 2. Texas: 0. Kansas State: 2. Baylor: 0. Cincinnati: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. TCU: 5 by 35.8. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3. West Virginia: 9 by 57.5. Texas: 3 by 12.5. Kansas State: 2 by 28.3. Baylor: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs West Virginia

Result
Sun 11/12vs CincinnatiL 14-24200.5000
Sat 11/4@ BaylorW 25-2422000
Sat 10/28@ Kansas StateSplash gameL 0-4122110
Sat 10/21vs TexasL 24-3132000
Thu 10/12vs West VirginiaSplash gameW 41-3993200
Sat 9/30@ Texas TechL 28-4922000
Sun 9/17vs TCUL 13-36521.5000

Player Story

Chidozie Nwankwo story

Chidozie Nwankwo built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Richmond, TX wearing No. 97, spending time with Colorado and Houston. The clearest part of Chidozie Nwankwo's career was his defensive production: 124 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, and 6.5 sacks across 42 career games in the available record. His career also includes 33 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Chidozie Nwankwo's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Houston

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Colorado

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonHouston1.58.73.9
2020 Regular SeasonHouston1.58.73.90
2021 Regular SeasonHouston315.25.91.5
2022 Regular SeasonHouston5.522.35.62.5
2023 Regular SeasonHouston623.47.80.5
2024 PostseasonColorado8195.22
2024 Regular SeasonColorado8195.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs BYU

Week 1 · L 14-36 · Postseason · Conference game

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

88.1 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.

#2

vs West Virginia

Week 7 · W 41-39 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#3

vs South Florida

Week 9 · W 42-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Temple

Week 11 · W 37-8 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Kansas State

Week 9 · L 0-41 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Houston

6 primary output · 23.4 efficiency · 7.8 usage

49.2

#2

2022 Regular Season · Houston

45.8

5.5 primary · 22.3 efficiency · 5.6 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Colorado

43.6

8 primary · 19 efficiency · 5.2 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games