Adekunle Ayinde

Defensive back for Minnesota. 2017: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

DB · Minnesota · #4

6′0″ · 210 lb · Blaine, MN

Minnesota 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive back for Minnesota. 2017: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Minnesota, 74 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Minnesota

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Tracy Claeys

Minnesota

2017

P.J. Fleck

Minnesota

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tracy Claeys → P.J. Fleck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Minnesota9-4HC: Tracy Claeys · Run-heavy

2017Minnesota5-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (88th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (84th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#281 / 2682 · 88th pct

Solo tackles#419 / 2682 · 84th pct

Tackles#639 / 2682 · 76th pct

Tackles for loss#1180 / 2682 · 53rd pct

2.5

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

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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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.1	0.2	0.0	0.6
Road4g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.3	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

P.J. Fleck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Minnesota	51	37	2.5	5	1	--
2016	Minnesota	23	13	2.0	4	1	--
Career		74	50	4.5	9	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017

W 54–21

vs Nebraska

5 TOT · 2 SOLO

Dominant 33-point win at home against Nebraska.

With D. Croft — 105 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.8 · 183 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD · R. Smith — 134 rush yds (24 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 17-7vs Buffalo	5	4	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	W 34-3vs Middle Tennessee	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-31vs Maryland	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 17-31@ Purdue	5	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 7	L 27-30vs Michigan State	6	3	0.5	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-17vs Illinois	9	8	1.0	—	1	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 9	L 10-17@ Iowa	3	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 10-33@ Michigan	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 54-21vs Nebraska	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 0-39@ Northwestern	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 0-31vs Wisconsin	6	5	0.0	—	1
Total		51	37	2.5	1	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays