Amani Oruwariye: CB · Penn State · #21.
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Amani Oruwariye
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Third year in the same secondary at Penn State. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big Ten again in 2018. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Indiana — Week 8, 2018.
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 11 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 1 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 | Penn State | 50 | 39 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | Penn State | 26 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | -- |
| 2016 | Penn State | 23 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 99 | 70 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 8 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-38vs App State | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-6@ Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-10vs Kent State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-24@ Illinois | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-27vs No. 4 Ohio State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-21vs Michigan State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-28@ Indiana | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 30-24vs No. 18 Iowa | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-42@ No. 5 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 22-10vs Wisconsin | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-7@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-3vs Maryland | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 24-27vs No. 16 Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 39 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 11 |
Week 1 · 2018
W 45-38
vs App State
1 interception · 7 tackles · 7 solo tackles
Edged out App State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
22%11 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
50tackles this season50 tackles · 1 for loss · 11 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
3 seasons under James Franklin — 31-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| 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
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
42.6%
379 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
420 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 99 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2018) — drafted at #146 overall by the Detroit Lions.
A stat line in 34 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 8th NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 8th NFL season
