Player Dossier

2024-2025

UTSA

Chidera Otutu

DL • 6'1" • 305 lbs • Pflugerville, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chidera Otutu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.6

Efficiency

15.2

Consistency

9.1

Season Value

11.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · UTSA

242425

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
UTSA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Army

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Chidera Otutu, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · UTSA. Chidera Otutu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

UTSA paired 2 primary output with 10.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Army

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · UTSA

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

15.2

Usage

5.6

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Army

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0. Texas State: 0. Unknown: 1. Colorado State: 0. Temple: 0. Rice: 0. North Texas: 0. South Florida: 0. Charlotte: 0. East Carolina: 2. Army: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3. Texas State: 4 by 16.7. Unknown: 3 by 22.5. Colorado State: 4 by 16.7. Temple: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 3 by 12.5. North Texas: 3 by 12.5. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. East Carolina: 3 by 32.5. Army: 3 by 32.5

Split Comparison

Wins0.5 · n=4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · n=6 · -0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=6 · -0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · n=5 · +0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Army

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Army

Result
Sat 11/29vs ArmyL 24-2732110
Sat 11/22vs East CarolinaW 58-2432110
Sat 11/15@ CharlotteW 28-710000
Fri 11/7@ South FloridaL 23-5511000
Sat 10/18@ North TexasL 17-5531000
Sat 10/11vs RiceW 61-1332000
Sat 10/4@ TempleL 21-2710000
Sun 9/21@ Colorado StateW 17-1640000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown300.500.500
Sat 9/6vs Texas StateL 36-4342000
Sat 8/30@ Texas A&ML 24-4221000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    UTSA

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonUTSA210.72.8
2024 Regular SeasonUTSA210.72.80
2025 Regular SeasonUTSA515.25.63

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Army

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.6 takeover score.

#2

East Carolina

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.

#3

East Carolina

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.2 takeover score.

#5

Coastal Carolina

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · UTSA

2 primary output · 10.7 efficiency · 2.8 usage

19

#2

2024 Regular Season · UTSA

19

2 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 2.8 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · UTSA

11.8

5 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8453

Weiss · Pflugerville, TX

Committed To
UTSA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

36

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 16 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Chidera Otutu quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
36