Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Tulane
Ade Aruna
DE • 6'6" • 270 lbs • Akure, Nigeria
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ade Aruna shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
83
High-end production for an edge defender
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Tulane
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Tulane
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Player Story
Ade Aruna built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive end from Akure wearing No. 1, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Ade Aruna's career was his defensive production: 68 tackles, 13...
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- Committed To
- Tulane
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 44
- Overall
- No. 218
- NFL Team
- Minnesota Vikings
Ade Aruna, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Tulane. Ade Aruna shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 68
- TFL
- 13
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Ade Aruna quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tulane · DE
- Career Tackles
- 68
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Tulane
- Top game
- SMU
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · La Lumiere School · Tulane
- High school pipeline
- La Lumiere School · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 6 · Pick 44 · Minnesota Vikings
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DE 126th (top 35%) · American Athletic 149th (top 28%) · National 1,653rd (top 29%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tulane | 12 | 43 | 10 | 5 | - | - | 0 | 61.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tulane | 10 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 51 |
Related Context
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Ade Aruna played DE for Tulane. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ade Aruna recorded 68 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Tulane.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Tulane paired 15 primary output with 27.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Tulane
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
27.4
Usage
8.6
Consistency
46.1
Best Game by takeover score
SMU
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 0. Southern: 2. Navy: 1. Louisiana: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Memphis: 3. Tulsa: 0. SMU: 5. UCF: 0. Houston: 1. Temple: 1. UConn: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 4 by 16.7. Southern: 2 by 28.3. Navy: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana: 5 by 20.8. Massachusetts: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 4 by 46.7. Tulsa: 4 by 16.7. SMU: 8 by 83.3. UCF: 4 by 16.7. Houston: 2 by 18.3. Temple: 3 by 22.5. UConn: 3 by 32.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.4 · Games = 8 · +0.4 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
SMU
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs SMU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ UConnSplash game | W 38-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Temple | L 0-31 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Houston | L 18-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ UCF | L 6-37 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs SMU2+ sacks · Splash game | L 31-35 | 8 | 6 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Tulsa | L 27-50 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs MemphisSplash game | L 14-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Massachusetts | W 31-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Louisiana | W 41-39 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Navy | L 14-21 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | vs SouthernSplash game | W 66-21 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/1 | @ Wake Forest | L 3-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ade Aruna story
Ade Aruna built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive end from Akure wearing No. 1, spending time with Tulane. The clearest part of Ade Aruna's career was his defensive production: 68 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Tulane. 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 Ade Aruna'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 Tulane.
The arc is straightforward: Ade Aruna 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
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Tulane
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20132014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tulane | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tulane | 15 | 27.4 | 8.6 | 15 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tulane | 11 | 21.4 | 7.1 | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs SMU
Week 9 · L 31-35 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
5
Havoc Plays
94.4 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Grambling
Week 1 · W 43-14
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Memphis
Week 7 · L 14-24 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
68.9 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Tulsa
Week 6 · W 62-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
59.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Southern
Week 2 · W 66-21
2
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Tulane
15 primary output · 27.4 efficiency · 8.6 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Tulane
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11 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 7.1 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Tulane
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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