Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016UConn
Obi Melifonwu
S • 6'3" • South Grafton, MA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Obi Melifonwu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
86
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
93
Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UConn
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Player Story
Obi Melifonwu built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a safety from South Grafton, MA wearing No. 20, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Obi Melifonwu's career was his defensive production: 118...
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- Committed To
- UConn
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2017
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 24
- Overall
- No. 56
- NFL Team
- Las Vegas Raiders
Obi Melifonwu, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · UConn. Obi Melifonwu shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 118
- TFL
- 2.5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Obi Melifonwu quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UConn · S
- Career Tackles
- 118
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · UConn
- Top game
- Temple
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Grafton Memorial Senior · UConn
- High school pipeline
- Grafton Memorial Senior · 2 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2017 · Round 2 · Pick 24 · Las Vegas Raiders
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 118 tackles · S 1st (top 1%) · American Athletic 2nd (top 1%) · National 17th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UConn | 12 | 118 | 2.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 74.2 |
Related Context
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Obi Melifonwu played S for UConn. Across 5 tracked seasons, Obi Melifonwu recorded 118 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with UConn.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
UConn paired 9.5 primary output with 44.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 44.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · UConn
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
44.7
Usage
10.5
Consistency
64.3
Best Game by takeover score
Temple
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Maine: 0. Navy: 0. Virginia: 1. Syracuse: 1. Houston: 0.5. Cincinnati: 1. South Florida: 1. UCF: 0.5. East Carolina: 1. Temple: 2. Boston College: 1. Tulane: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Maine: 4 by 16.7. Navy: 10 by 41.7. Virginia: 11 by 55.8. Syracuse: 11 by 55.8. Houston: 11 by 50.8. Cincinnati: 3 by 22.5. South Florida: 7 by 39.2. UCF: 7 by 34.2. East Carolina: 10 by 51.7. Temple: 9 by 57.5. Boston College: 11 by 55.8. Tulane: 24 by 55
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 9 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Temple
Best efficiency game
57.5 vs Temple
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Tulane10+ tackles | L 13-38 | 24 | 11 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Boston College10+ tackles | L 0-30 | 11 | 10 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/4 | vs TempleSplash game | L 0-21 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ East Carolina10+ tackles | L 3-41 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs UCF | L 16-24 | 7 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ South Florida | L 27-42 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Cincinnati | W 20-9 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/30 | @ Houston10+ tackles | L 14-42 | 11 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Syracuse10+ tackles | L 24-31 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Virginia10+ tackles | W 13-10 | 11 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Navy10+ tackles | L 24-28 | 10 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/1 | vs Maine | W 24-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Obi Melifonwu story
Obi Melifonwu built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a safety from South Grafton, MA wearing No. 20, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Obi Melifonwu's career was his defensive production: 118 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 8 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Obi Melifonwu's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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UConn
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | UConn | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | UConn | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | UConn | 9.5 | 44.7 | 10.5 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Temple
Week 10 · L 0-21 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Boston College
Week 12 · L 0-30
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Havoc Plays
68.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.
#3
@ South Florida
Week 7 · L 27-42 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Buffalo
Week 5 · L 12-41
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs Towson
Week 1 · L 18-33
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · UConn
9.5 primary output · 44.7 efficiency · 10.5 usage
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#2
2013 Regular Season · UConn
47
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · UConn
47
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
1
Splash games
7
10+ tackle games
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