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 18.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.2

Efficiency

8.7

Consistency

9.5

Season Value

6.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Houston

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
Houston • Colorado
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Chidozie Nwankwo, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Houston. Chidozie Nwankwo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.1 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Houston paired 6 primary output with 23.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 8.7 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: Cincinnati

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2020 Postseason · Houston

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

8.7

Usage

5.2

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 0. Tulane: 0. BYU: 0.5. Navy: 0. UCF: 0. Cincinnati: 1. South Florida: 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. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 2 by 13.3. Navy: 2 by 8.3. UCF: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 1 by 14.2. South Florida: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Cincinnati

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Cincinnati

Result
Thu 12/24vs Hawai'iL 14-2810000
Sat 11/14vs South FloridaW 56-2121000
Sat 11/7@ CincinnatiL 10-3811100
Sat 10/31vs UCFL 21-4422000
Sat 10/24@ NavyW 37-2122000
Sat 10/17vs BYUL 26-43210.5000
Thu 10/8vs TulaneW 49-3111000

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 Progression

2020202020212022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 PostseasonHouston1.58.75.2
2020 Regular SeasonHouston1.58.75.20
2021 Regular SeasonHouston315.291.5
2022 Regular SeasonHouston4.521.25.31.5
2023 Regular SeasonHouston623.48.41.5
2024 PostseasonColorado718.15.31
2024 Regular SeasonColorado718.15.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Temple

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.7 takeover score.

#2

West Virginia

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

BYU

2.5

Primary metric

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.2 takeover score.

#4

South Florida

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.2 takeover score.

#5

Kansas State

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Houston

6 primary output · 23.4 efficiency · 8.4 usage

20.5

#2

2024 Postseason · Colorado

13.7

7 primary · 18.1 efficiency · 5.3 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Colorado

13.7

7 primary · 18.1 efficiency · 5.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.926

The Bullis School · Potomac, MD

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

2

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

124

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 42 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DT
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
7
Career tackles
124