Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025UTSA
Chidera Otutu
DL • 6'1" • 305 lbs • Pflugerville, TX, USA
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Chidera Otutu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
27
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
29
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UTSA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- UTSA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Army
Player Story
Chidera Otutu built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Pflugerville, TX wearing No. 90, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of Chidera Otutu's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- UTSA
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Chidera Otutu, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UTSA. Chidera Otutu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 36
- TFL
- 4.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
Quick Answers
Chidera Otutu quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UTSA · DL
- Career Tackles
- 36
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · UTSA
- Top game
- Army
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Weiss · UTSA
- High school pipeline
- Weiss · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 90 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · DL 187th (top 18%) · American Athletic 152nd (top 24%) · National 1,480th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | UTSA | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UTSA | 5 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTSA | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 2.5 | - | - | 0 | 41.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UTSA to Cincinnati | G5/FCS to P4 | 81.4 | Jan 4, 2026 |
Chidera Otutu played DL for UTSA. Across 2 tracked seasons, Chidera Otutu recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UTSA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
UTSA paired 5 primary output with 15.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 10.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · UTSA
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
10.7
Usage
2.6
Consistency
55.5
Best Game by takeover score
East Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Coastal Carolina: 0.5. Houston Christian: 0. East Carolina: 1. Tulsa: 0.5. Temple: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 9.2. Houston Christian: 3 by 12.5. East Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Tulsa: 1 by 9.2. Temple: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 3 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 2 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
East Carolina
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs East Carolina
Player Story
Chidera Otutu story
Chidera Otutu built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Pflugerville, TX wearing No. 90, spending time with UTSA. The clearest part of Chidera Otutu's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Chidera Otutu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
UTSA
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | UTSA | 2 | 10.7 | 2.6 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | UTSA | 2 | 10.7 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTSA | 5 | 15.2 | 4.8 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 74 Army
Week 14 · L 24-27 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 38 East Carolina
Week 13 · W 58-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
@ East Carolina
Week 5 · L 20-30 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Incarnate Word
Week 3 · W 48-20
1
Havoc Plays
39.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Coastal Carolina
Week 1 · W 44-15 · Postseason
0.5
Havoc Plays
26.1 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UTSA
5 primary output · 15.2 efficiency · 4.8 usage
41.1
#2
2024 Postseason · UTSA
32
2 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 2.6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · UTSA
32
2 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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