Adetomiwa Adebawore: DL · Northwestern · #99.
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Adetomiwa Adebawore
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Third year in the Northwestern defensive front. First career honor, 2022: All-Big Ten. A game that shows it: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Duke — Week 2, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 9 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Northwestern | 38 | 27 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 36 | 25 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 3 |
| 2020 | Northwestern | 17 | 11 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Career | 91 | 63 | 23.5 | 11.5 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-28vs Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-31vs Duke | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 24-31vs Southern Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-17vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-17@ No. 11 Penn State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-42vs Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ Maryland | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 9 | L 13-33@ Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-21vs No. 2 Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-31@ Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 9-17@ Purdue | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-41vs Illinois | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 27 | 9.0 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%9 TFLSack rate
13%5 sacksHurry rate
8%3 hurries38 tackles · 9 for loss · 5 sacks.
3 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 11-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
47.7%
417 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
72.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
440 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #79 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northwestern, 12 sacks — drafted at #110 overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
A stat line in 32 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Fitzgerald.
Next stop · NFL
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 4th NFL season
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 4th NFL season
