Adewale Adeoye: DE · Utah State · #55.
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Adewale Adeoye
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Utah State since. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Air Force — Week 4, 2018.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Utah State | 32 | 17 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | Utah State | 43 | 18 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | Utah State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 77 | 35 | 7.5 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-38@ No. 11 Michigan State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 60-13vs New Mexico State | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 73-12vs Tennessee Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-32vs Air Force | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20@ BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 59-28vs UNLV | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-16@ Wyoming | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 61-19vs New Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-17@ Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 62-24vs San José State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 52-13vs North Texas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 17 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2018
W 60-13
1.5 tackles for loss · 6 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Dominant 47-point win at home against New Mexico State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
9%3 TFL32 tackles · 3 for loss.
3 seasons under Matt Wells, all balanced offenses — 20-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Wells
Pass share
50.3%
467 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
71.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
488 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Utah State, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Matt Wells.
