Player Dossier

2021-2025

SMU

Isaiah Nwokobia

S • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Isaiah Nwokobia shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

6.8

Efficiency

40.3

Consistency

65.3

Season Value

31.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

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.

Isaiah Nwokobia, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · SMU. Isaiah Nwokobia shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.3 disruption score.

Isaiah Nwokobia played S for SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Isaiah Nwokobia recorded 263 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

SMU paired 0 primary output with 13.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 40.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Loss with 2.5 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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2025 Regular Season · SMU

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

40.3

Usage

6.8

Consistency

65.3

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 2. Baylor: 2.5. Missouri State: 1. TCU: 1. Syracuse: 1. Stanford: 1.5. Clemson: 1. Wake Forest: 1. Miami: 0. Boston College: 0. California: 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. Unknown: 5 by 40.8. Baylor: 12 by 75. Missouri State: 4 by 26.7. TCU: 10 by 51.7. Syracuse: 6 by 35. Stanford: 11 by 60.8. Clemson: 5 by 30.8. Wake Forest: 12 by 60. Miami: 10 by 41.7. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. California: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Wins
First Half1.5 · Games = 6 · +1.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · Games = 5 · -1.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

75 vs Baylor

Result
Sun 11/30@ CaliforniaL 35-3831000
Sat 11/8@ Boston CollegeW 45-1321000
Sat 11/1vs Miami10+ tacklesW 26-20105000
Sat 10/25@ Wake Forest10+ tacklesL 12-131240010
Sat 10/18@ ClemsonW 35-2454001
Sat 10/11vs Stanford10+ tacklesW 34-101140.5001
Sat 10/4vs SyracuseW 31-1865001
Sat 9/20@ TCU10+ tacklesL 24-35104001
Sat 9/13@ Missouri StateW 28-10430010
Sat 9/6vs Baylor10+ tacklesL 45-481271.5001
Sun 8/31vs Unknown53002

Career Arc

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    SMU

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonSMU6196.4
2022 Regular SeasonSMU013.92.5-6
2023 PostseasonSMU12.529.97.212.5
2023 Regular SeasonSMU12.529.97.20
2024 PostseasonSMU936.79.1-3.5
2024 Regular SeasonSMU936.79.10
2025 Regular SeasonSMU1140.36.82

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Baylor

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.1 takeover score.

#2

North Texas

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.

#3

TCU

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.1 takeover score.

#4

Tulane

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.

#5

Pittsburgh

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · SMU

0 primary output · 13.9 efficiency · 2.5 usage

38.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · SMU

31.1

11 primary · 40.3 efficiency · 6.8 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · SMU

28.4

9 primary · 36.7 efficiency · 9.1 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

8

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.85

St. Thomas More (Prep) · Oakdale, CT

Committed To
Wake Forest
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

1

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

263

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 47 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.