Sophomore defensive end for Penn State. 2025: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
6′2″ · 310 lb · Mesquite, TX · John Horn
How he plays
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
QB hurries: 92nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sack · 2025
2 TFL · 11 tackles · 5 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 tackles, at Arizona
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive end for Penn State. 2025: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 11 tackles.
Armstrong Nnodim
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. He got to Penn State by way of Oklahoma State. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against UCF, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Penn State
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (92nd percentile). Concern: tackles (6th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 11 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-7vs UT Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 12-19vs Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ Arizona | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-39vs Houston | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 17-49vs Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-14vs Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-17@ UCF | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20vs Iowa State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
11 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Player DNA
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Devonyal Lofton’s 2023 season.
Matches Devonyal on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Darien Jackson's freshman season at Sam Houston (2025).
Matches Darien on
Differs from Darien on
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