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Amani Oruwariye

Former cornerback at Penn State. 2018: 3 interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

CB · Penn State · Sr. · #21

6′1″ · 201 lb · Tampa, FL

Detroit — drafted 2019, Rd 5, Pick 8, #146 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 701 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Penn State. 2018: 3 interceptions, 11 pass breakups, 50 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2014.
Drafted round 5 by the Detroit in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Penn State, 99 tackles — drafted at #146 overall by Detroit.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Penn State3-star out of Gaither

2019

Drafted by Detroitround 5, pick 146

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#701 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #146

Detroit · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DetroitEntering 8th NFL season

#146Rd 5 · Pick 8

DetroitEntering 8th NFL season

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2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under James Franklin — 31-9 over that span.

2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: interceptions (89th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#31 / 2662 · 99th pct

Interceptions#53 / 805 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#320 / 2662 · 88th pct

Tackles#624 / 2662 · 76th pct

Tackles for loss#1758 / 2662 · 28th pct

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QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th 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

2018 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	4.0	0.1	0.0	1.1
Road5g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	0.0	0.0	1.1
Weeks 8+6g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Penn State	50	39	1.0	11	3	--
2017	Penn State	26	18	0.0	3	4	--
2016	Penn State	23	13	0.0	--	1	1
Career		99	70	1.0	14	8	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2018

W 22–10

vs Wisconsin

4 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 INT

With T. McSorley — 160 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.0 · 9 rush yds (11 car) · M. Sanders — 159 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week