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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Maryland
Tommy Akingbesote
DL • 6'4" • 320 lbs • Largo, MD, USA
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Impact Production
46
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Villanova
Player Story
Tommy Akingbesote built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Largo, MD wearing No. 7, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Tommy Akingbesote's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Maryland
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 31
- Overall
- No. 247
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Tommy Akingbesote, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Maryland. Tommy Akingbesote shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 77
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Tommy Akingbesote quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · DL
- Career Tackles
- 77
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Maryland
- Top game
- Villanova
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Charles Herbert Flowers · Maryland
- High school pipeline
- Charles Herbert Flowers · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 7 · Pick 31 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DL 148th (top 15%) · Big Ten 174th (top 22%) · National 1,331st (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 26.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 12 | 26 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 11 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 51.3 |
Related Context
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Tommy Akingbesote played DL for Maryland. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tommy Akingbesote recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Maryland paired 7 primary output with 18.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Villanova
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
18.5
Usage
5.8
Consistency
38.3
Best Game by takeover score
Villanova
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UConn: 0. Michigan State: 0. Virginia: 1. Villanova: 3. Indiana: 0. Northwestern: 0.5. USC: 0. Minnesota: 1. Oregon: 0. Rutgers: 1. Penn State: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Michigan State: 3 by 12.5. Virginia: 9 by 47.5. Villanova: 2 by 38.3. Indiana: 2 by 8.3. Northwestern: 2 by 13.3. USC: 4 by 16.7. Minnesota: 2 by 18.3. Oregon: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 3 by 22.5. Penn State: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Villanova
Best efficiency game
47.5 vs Virginia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Penn State | L 7-44 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Rutgers | L 17-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Oregon | L 18-39 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Minnesota | L 23-48 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs USC | W 29-28 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Northwestern | L 10-37 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Indiana | L 28-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs VillanovaSplash game | W 38-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | @ Virginia | W 27-13 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Michigan State | L 24-27 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs UConn | W 50-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tommy Akingbesote story
Tommy Akingbesote built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Largo, MD wearing No. 7, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Tommy Akingbesote's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. That gives Tommy Akingbesote's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Maryland
2021-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Maryland | 4 | 10.9 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Maryland | 3.5 | 12.6 | 2.5 | -0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Maryland | 3.5 | 12.6 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Maryland | 7 | 18.5 | 5.8 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Villanova
Week 4 · W 38-20
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Wisconsin
Week 10 · L 10-23 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
@ Rutgers
Week 13 · W 42-24 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Indiana
Week 7 · W 38-33 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Virginia
Week 3 · W 27-13
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Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Maryland
7 primary output · 18.5 efficiency · 5.8 usage
51.3
#2
2021 Regular Season · Maryland
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Maryland
26.5
4 primary · 10.9 efficiency · 3.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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