Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Maryland
Kingsley Opara
DL • 6'3" • 300 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kingsley Opara shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
25
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
Kingsley Opara built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Kingsley Opara's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Utah State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Kingsley Opara, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Maryland. Kingsley Opara shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 64
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Kingsley Opara quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · DL
- Career Tackles
- 64
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2016 Postseason · Maryland
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Box Elder · Utah State
- High school pipeline
- Box Elder · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DL 205th (top 29%) · Big Ten 171st (top 28%) · National 1,686th (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Maryland | 11 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 59.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Maryland | 11 | 38 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 59.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Maryland | 10 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 22 |
Related Context
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Kingsley Opara played DL for Maryland. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kingsley Opara recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason
Maryland paired 13 primary output with 26.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.4 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: Indiana
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
14.4
Usage
3.9
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 0. Towson: 0. UCF: 0. Minnesota: 0. Ohio State: 0. Northwestern: 0. Indiana: 2. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 1. Michigan State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Towson: 4 by 16.7. UCF: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 3 by 12.5. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 5 by 20.8. Indiana: 4 by 36.7. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Michigan: 2 by 18.3. Michigan State: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Indiana
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/18 | @ Michigan State | L 7-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Michigan | L 10-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Rutgers | L 24-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs IndianaSplash game | W 42-39 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Northwestern | L 21-37 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Ohio State | L 14-62 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Minnesota | W 31-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs UCF | L 10-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Towson | W 63-17 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Texas | W 51-41 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kingsley Opara story
Kingsley Opara built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Maryland. The clearest part of Kingsley Opara's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, and 4 sacks across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Maryland. 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 Kingsley Opara's production has multiple signals. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Maryland.
The arc is straightforward: Kingsley Opara 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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Maryland
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201320142015201620162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Maryland | 13 | 26.6 | 7.6 | 13 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Maryland | 13 | 26.6 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Maryland | 4 | 14.4 | 3.9 | -9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Rutgers
Week 13 · W 31-13 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Indiana
Week 9 · W 42-39 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
71.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Howard
Week 1 · W 52-13
2.5
Havoc Plays
69.4 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Penn State
Week 6 · L 14-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#5
vs Ohio State
Week 11 · L 3-62 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
53.6 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Postseason · Maryland
13 primary output · 26.6 efficiency · 7.6 usage
59.8
#2
2016 Regular Season · Maryland
59.8
13 primary · 26.6 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Maryland
22
4 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 3.9 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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