Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Illinois
Tomiwa Durojaiye
DL • 6'5" • 300 lbs • Philadelphia, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tomiwa Durojaiye shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
65
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 4
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Kentucky • West Virginia • Florida State • Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Player Story
Tomiwa Durojaiye built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 36, spending time with Florida State, Illinois, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The clearest part...
Read the storyTomiwa Durojaiye, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Illinois. Tomiwa Durojaiye shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 42
- TFL
- 11.5
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Tomiwa Durojaiye quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DL
- Career Tackles
- 42
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Wisconsin
- High school pipeline
- Buchholz · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 16 tackles · DL 465th (top 44%) · Big Ten 287th (top 37%) · National 2,389th (top 39%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | West Virginia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 20.6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 16 | 4.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 62.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Illinois to South Carolina | P4 to P4 | 89.3 | Jan 10, 2026 |
| 2025 | Florida State to Illinois | P4 to P4 | 82.8 | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 2024 | West Virginia to Florida State | P4 to P4 | 87.2 | Jan 2, 2024 |
| 2023 | Kentucky to West Virginia | P4 to P4 | 21.2 | Apr 26, 2023 |
Tomiwa Durojaiye played DL for Kentucky, West Virginia, Florida State, and Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tomiwa Durojaiye recorded 42 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with West Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Illinois paired 10.5 primary output with 21.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.5 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Kentucky, West Virginia, Florida State, Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
21.5
Usage
8.6
Consistency
57.2
Best Game by takeover score
Wisconsin
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Illinois: 2. Duke: 2. Purdue: 1. Ohio State: 1.5. Rutgers: 0. Maryland: 1. Wisconsin: 3. Northwestern: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Illinois: 4 by 36.7. Duke: 1 by 24.2. Purdue: 1 by 14.2. Ohio State: 3 by 27.5. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 0 by 10. Wisconsin: 4 by 46.7. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 6 · -1.3 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 2 · +1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wisconsin
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Wisconsin
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | vs Northwestern | W 20-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ WisconsinSplash game | L 10-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Maryland | W 24-6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Rutgers | W 35-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Ohio State | L 16-34 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Purdue | W 43-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ DukeSplash game | W 45-19 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | vs Western IllinoisSplash game | W 52-3 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tomiwa Durojaiye story
Tomiwa Durojaiye built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 36, spending time with Florida State, Illinois, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The clearest part of Tomiwa Durojaiye's career was his defensive production: 42 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Tomiwa Durojaiye'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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Kentucky
2022
Opening stop
- 2
West Virginia
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Florida State
2024
Peak year stop
- 4
Illinois
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | West Virginia | 10.5 | 20.1 | 5.2 | 10.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 10.5 | 20.1 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida State | 2 | 10.9 | 5 | -8.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 10.5 | 21.5 | 8.6 | 8.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 85 Wisconsin
Week 13 · L 10-27 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Duquesne
Week 2 · W 56-17
3
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#3
@ Notre Dame
Week 11 · L 3-52
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Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#4
vs North Carolina
Week 1 · W 30-10 · Postseason
2.5
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Western Illinois
Week 1 · W 52-3
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Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Illinois
10.5 primary output · 21.5 efficiency · 8.6 usage
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#2
2023 Postseason · West Virginia
48.2
10.5 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 5.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
48.2
10.5 primary · 20.1 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
8
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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