Adekunle Ayinde: DB · Minnesota · #4.
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Adekunle Ayinde
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The two seasons at Minnesota span two head coaches: Tracy Claeys and P.J. Fleck. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Illinois — Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-7vs Buffalo | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-3vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31vs Maryland | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-31@ Purdue | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-30vs No. 21 Michigan State | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-17vs Illinois | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 10-17@ Iowa | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-33@ Michigan | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 54-21vs Nebraska | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-39@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-31vs No. 5 Wisconsin | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 51 | 37 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
51tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFL51 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
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
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Pass share
30.9%
231 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
62.3
12 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
262 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Minnesota, 74 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys, and P.J. Fleck. Multi-era developmental context.
