Ade Aruna

Former defensive end at Tulane. 2017: 3 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

DE · Tulane · #1

6′6″ · 270 lb · Akure

Minnesota — drafted 2018, Rd 6, Pick 44, #218 overall

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1636 nationally · Signed with Tulane

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Tulane. 2017: 3 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulane in 2013.
Drafted round 6 by the Minnesota in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Tulane, 8 sacks — drafted at #218 overall by Minnesota.

His career

2013

Signed with Tulane3-star out of La Lumiere School

2018

Drafted by Minnesotaround 6, pick 218

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1636 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #218

Minnesota · 2018

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 9th NFL season

#218Rd 6 · Pick 44

MinnesotaEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Willie Fritz — 9-15 over that span.

2016Tulane4-8HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2017Tulane5-7HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (87th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (86th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#316 / 2682 · 87th pct

3.0

QB hurries#294 / 2682 · 86th pct

Passes defended#746 / 2682 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#996 / 2682 · 59th pct

3.0

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1507 / 2682 · 42nd pct

Tackles#1613 / 2682 · 39th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.8	0.6	0.6	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.0	0.8	0.8	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Tulane	25	15	3.0	3.0	2	--	--
2016	Tulane	43	26	10.0	5.0	--	--	--
Career		68	41	13.0	8.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2017

W 20–17

vs Houston

3 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Banks — 251 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 79.1 · 68 rush yds (16 car) · T. Encalade — 6 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week