Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Colorado
Samuel Okunlola
DE • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Brockton, MA, USA
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Samuel Okunlola shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
67
Solid production for an edge defender
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh • Colorado
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Arizona
Player Story
Samuel Okunlola built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Brockton, MA wearing No. 93, spending time with Colorado and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Samuel Okunlola's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Pittsburgh
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Samuel Okunlola, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Samuel Okunlola shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 49
- TFL
- 13
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Samuel Okunlola quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Colorado · DE
- Career Tackles
- 49
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- Arizona
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Thayer Academy · Pittsburgh
- High school pipeline
- Thayer Academy · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 93 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DE 282nd (top 100%) · Big 12 712th (top 98%) · National 6,000th (top 97%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 10 | 18 | 6 | 5 | - | - | 0 | 54.9 |
| 2024 Postseason | Colorado | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 49.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado | 11 | 25 | 6.5 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 49.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Colorado | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
Related Context
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Samuel Okunlola played DE for Pittsburgh and Colorado. Across 4 tracked seasons, Samuel Okunlola recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Colorado.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Pittsburgh paired 11 primary output with 18.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Pittsburgh, Colorado.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
18.5
Usage
5.8
Consistency
52.4
Best Game by takeover score
Notre Dame
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wofford: 2. North Carolina: 2. Virginia Tech: 0. Louisville: 2. Wake Forest: 0. Notre Dame: 2.5. Florida State: 0. Syracuse: 0. Boston College: 2. Duke: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wofford: 1 by 24.2. North Carolina: 1 by 24.2. Virginia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 4 by 36.7. Wake Forest: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 2 by 33.3. Florida State: 2 by 8.3. Syracuse: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 2 by 28.3. Duke: 1 by 9.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2 · Games = 3 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 7 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Notre Dame
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Louisville
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Duke | L 19-30 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/17 | vs Boston CollegeSplash game | W 24-16 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Syracuse | L 13-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Florida State | L 7-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Notre DameSplash game | L 7-58 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Wake Forest | L 17-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs LouisvilleSplash game | W 38-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/1 | @ Virginia Tech | L 21-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/24 | vs North CarolinaSplash game | L 24-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs WoffordSplash game | W 45-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Samuel Okunlola story
Samuel Okunlola built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive end from Brockton, MA wearing No. 93, spending time with Colorado and Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Samuel Okunlola's career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, and 8 sacks across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Colorado. 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 Samuel Okunlola's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado and Pittsburgh.
The arc is straightforward: Samuel Okunlola 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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Pittsburgh
2022-2023
Opening stop
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Colorado
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20222023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 11 | 18.5 | 5.8 | 11 |
| 2024 Postseason | Colorado | 11 | 21.4 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado | 11 | 21.4 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | -11 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Arizona
Week 8 · W 34-7 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Notre Dame
Week 9 · L 7-58
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisville
Week 7 · W 38-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
#4
@ UCF
Week 5 · W 48-21 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
64.7 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Wofford
Week 1 · W 45-7
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Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
11 primary output · 18.5 efficiency · 5.8 usage
54.9
#2
2024 Postseason · Colorado
49.8
11 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 5.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Colorado
49.8
11 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 5.5 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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