#99

Adetomiwa Adebawore

Former defensive lineman at Northwestern. 2022: 5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

DL · Northwestern · Sr. · #99

6′2″ · 280 lb · Kansas City, MO

CFB Index 72 · #79 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceIndianapolis — drafted 2023, Rd 4, Pick 8, #110 overall

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1140 nationally · Signed with North Kansas City

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Northwestern. 2022: 5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Kansas City in 2019.
Drafted round 4 by the Indianapolis in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Northwestern, 12 sacks — drafted at #110 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Recruited3-star out of North Kansas City

202212 games

All-Big Tenthird

2023

Drafted by Indianapolisround 4, pick 110

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1140 national

CFB

College

Northwestern

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #110

Indianapolis · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

Played his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 4th NFL season

#110Rd 4 · Pick 8

IndianapolisEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 11-22 over that span.

2020Northwestern7-2HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

72Quality starter #79 of 387?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#134 / 2755 · 95th pct

5.0

Tackles for loss#167 / 2755 · 93rd pct

9.0

QB hurries#329 / 2755 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#645 / 2755 · 76th pct

Tackles#936 / 2755 · 65th pct

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.7	0.8	0.4	0.1
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

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #79 of 387 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #79 at the position.

Career stats

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	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 31–28

vs Nebraska

4 TOT · 4 SOLO

Edged out Nebraska at home in a shootout.

With R. Hilinski — 314 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.7 · 3 rush yds (2 car) · L. Akers — 40 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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 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

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