Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Texas
Hero Kanu
DL • 6'5" • 299 lbs • Geltendorf, Germany
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Hero Kanu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
57
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
38
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ohio State • Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Hero Kanu built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Geltendorf wearing No. 93, spending time with Ohio State and Texas. The clearest part of Hero Kanu's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Hero Kanu, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Texas. Hero Kanu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 45
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Hero Kanu quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · DL
- Career Tackles
- 45
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Texas
- Top game
- UTEP
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Santa Margarita Catholic · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Santa Margarita Catholic · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 93 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DL 141st (top 14%) · SEC 159th (top 21%) · National 1,326th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 13.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas | 11 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 49.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ohio State to Texas | P4 to P4 | 83.5 | Jan 24, 2025 |
Hero Kanu played DL for Ohio State and Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Hero Kanu recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Texas paired 11 primary output with 21.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, Texas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Win with 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 · Texas
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
21.7
Usage
5.5
Consistency
28.8
Best Game by takeover score
UTEP
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 0. San José State: 2. UTEP: 5. Florida: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Kentucky: 0.5. Mississippi State: 2. Vanderbilt: 1. Georgia: 0.5. Arkansas: 0. Texas A&M: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. San José State: 2 by 28.3. UTEP: 3 by 62.5. Florida: 6 by 25. Oklahoma: 2 by 8.3. Kentucky: 4 by 21.7. Mississippi State: 4 by 36.7. Vanderbilt: 3 by 22.5. Georgia: 2 by 13.3. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 8 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 3 · -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
UTEP
Best efficiency game
62.5 vs UTEP
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Texas A&M | W 27-17 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Arkansas | W 52-37 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Georgia | L 10-35 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Vanderbilt | W 34-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Mississippi StateSplash game | W 45-38 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Kentucky | W 16-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Oklahoma | W 23-6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Florida | L 21-29 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs UTEPSplash game | W 27-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs San José StateSplash game | W 38-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Ohio State | L 7-14 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Hero Kanu story
Hero Kanu built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Geltendorf wearing No. 93, spending time with Ohio State and Texas. The clearest part of Hero Kanu's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Hero Kanu'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.
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Ohio State
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Texas
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Ohio State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas | 11 | 21.7 | 5.5 | 11 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 129 UTEP
Week 3 · W 27-10
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 1 · W 23-3 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 58 Mississippi State
Week 9 · W 45-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
43.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 118 San José State
Week 2 · W 38-7
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Havoc Plays
39.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 11 Vanderbilt
Week 10 · W 34-31 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Havoc Plays
27.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Texas
11 primary output · 21.7 efficiency · 5.5 usage
49.1
#2
2024 Postseason · Ohio State
37.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Ohio State
37.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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