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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Purdue
CJ Nunnally IV
DL • 6'3" • 265 lbs • Douglasville, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
CJ Nunnally IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
82
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Akron
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Akron • Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
CJ Nunnally IV built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Douglasville, GA wearing No. 91, spending time with Akron and Purdue. The clearest part of CJ Nunnally IV's career was his...
Read the storyCJ Nunnally IV, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Akron. CJ Nunnally IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 155
- TFL
- 34.5
- Sacks
- 16
- QB hurries
- 20
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
CJ Nunnally IV quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · DL
- Career Tackles
- 155
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Akron
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Latest roster
- No. 91 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · DL 37th (top 4%) · Big Ten 102nd (top 14%) · National 845th (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 11 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 80.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 12 | 55 | 12 | 6 | 4 | - | 0 | 70.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 42 | 10.5 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 73.6 |
Related Context
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CJ Nunnally IV played DL for Akron and Purdue. Across 3 tracked seasons, CJ Nunnally IV recorded 155 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Akron.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Akron paired 27 primary output with 46.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 46.5 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Akron, Purdue.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Akron
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
2.5
Efficiency
46.5
Usage
16.3
Consistency
76.7
Best Game by takeover score
Buffalo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Temple: 1. Kentucky: 2.5. Indiana: 0. Buffalo: 5. Northern Illinois: 2.5. Central Michigan: 3. Bowling Green: 2. Kent State: 3.5. Miami (OH): 3.5. Eastern Michigan: 2. Ohio: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Temple: 0 by 10. Kentucky: 4 by 41.7. Indiana: 6 by 25. Buffalo: 4 by 66.7. Northern Illinois: 4 by 41.7. Central Michigan: 8 by 63.3. Bowling Green: 5 by 40.8. Kent State: 5 by 55.8. Miami (OH): 10 by 76.7. Eastern Michigan: 5 by 40.8. Ohio: 7 by 49.2
Split Comparison
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Wins3.5 · Games = 1 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses2.4 · Games = 10 · -1.1 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
Buffalo
Best efficiency game
76.7 vs Miami (OH)
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | vs OhioSplash game | L 14-25 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/15 | @ Eastern MichiganSplash game | L 27-30 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/9 | @ Miami (OH)10+ tackles · Splash game | L 0-19 | 10 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/1 | vs Kent StateSplash game | W 31-27 | 5 | 3 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Bowling GreenSplash game | L 14-41 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Central MichiganSplash game | L 10-17 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Northern IllinoisSplash game | L 14-55 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Buffalo2+ sacks · Splash game | L 10-13 | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Indiana | L 27-29 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ KentuckySplash game | L 3-35 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Temple | L 21-24 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
CJ Nunnally IV story
CJ Nunnally IV built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Douglasville, GA wearing No. 91, spending time with Akron and Purdue. The clearest part of CJ Nunnally IV's career was his defensive production: 155 tackles, 34.5 tackles for loss, 16 sacks, and 1 interception across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Akron. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but CJ Nunnally IV's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron and Purdue.
The arc is straightforward: CJ Nunnally IV moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Akron
2023-2024
Opening stop
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Purdue
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 27 | 46.5 | 16.3 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Akron | 22 | 37.4 | 13.6 | -5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 25.5 | 35.8 | 12.7 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 72 Rutgers
Week 9 · L 24-27 · Conference game
Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Buffalo
Week 5 · L 10-13 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Colgate
Week 3 · W 31-20
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Miami (OH)
Week 11 · L 0-19 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Toledo
Week 14 · W 21-14 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
79.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Akron
27 primary output · 46.5 efficiency · 16.3 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Purdue
73.6
25.5 primary · 35.8 efficiency · 12.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Akron
70.9
22 primary · 37.4 efficiency · 13.6 usage
Milestones
21
Impact games
24
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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