Player Dossier

2024-2025

Indiana

Daniel Ndukwe

DL • 6'3" • 239 lbs • Lithonia, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Daniel Ndukwe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

83

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

28

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: 2025 Postseason · Indiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Indiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Player Story

Daniel Ndukwe built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Lithonia, GA wearing No. 17, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Daniel Ndukwe's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8444

Arabia Mountain · Lithonia, GA

Committed To
Indiana
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Daniel Ndukwe, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Indiana. Daniel Ndukwe shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
15
TFL
3
Sacks
2

Quick Answers

Daniel Ndukwe quick answers

Latest team and position
Indiana · DL
Career Tackles
15
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Indiana
Top game
Oregon
Recruit profile
3-star · Arabia Mountain · Indiana
High school pipeline
Arabia Mountain · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 17 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
14 tackles · DL 505th (top 47%) · Big Ten 312th (top 40%) · National 2,504th (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonIndiana21-0--035
2025 PostseasonIndiana5722--047.7
2025 Regular SeasonIndiana5710--047.7

Related Context

Daniel Ndukwe played DL for Indiana. Across 2 tracked seasons, Daniel Ndukwe recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Indiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Indiana paired 5 primary output with 21.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Indiana

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

21.7

Usage

6.7

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Oregon: 4. Alabama: 0. Maryland: 0. Wisconsin: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 2 by 8.3. Oregon: 3 by 52.5. Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 3 by 12.5. Wisconsin: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oregon

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs Oregon

Result
Tue 1/20vs MiamiW 27-2120000
Sat 1/10vs Oregon2+ sacks · Splash gameW 56-2233220
Thu 1/1vs AlabamaW 38-322000
Sat 11/15vs WisconsinW 31-741100
Sat 11/1@ MarylandW 55-1032000

Player Story

Daniel Ndukwe story

Daniel Ndukwe built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Lithonia, GA wearing No. 17, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Daniel Ndukwe's career was his defensive production: 15 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 7 career games in the available record. His career also includes 12 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Daniel Ndukwe's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Indiana

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonIndiana02.10.4
2025 PostseasonIndiana521.76.75
2025 Regular SeasonIndiana521.76.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 4 Oregon

Week 1 · W 56-22 · Postseason · Conference game · Ranked opponent

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 85 Wisconsin

Week 12 · W 31-7 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

39.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.5 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 75 Maryland

Week 10 · W 55-10 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

13.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.3 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 20 Alabama

Week 1 · W 38-3 · Postseason · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

9.4 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 9 Miami

Week 1 · W 27-21 · Postseason · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

8.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Indiana

5 primary output · 21.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage

47.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · Indiana

47.7

5 primary · 21.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Indiana

35

0 primary · 2.1 efficiency · 0.4 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games