Axel Nyembwe

Sophomore defensive tackle for Duke. 2018: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

DT · Duke · So. · #1

6′2″ · 310 lb · Bethesda, MD

Duke 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1481 nationally · Signed with Duke

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 defensive tackle for Duke. 2018: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Duke, 18 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2017

Signed with Duke3-star out of The Avalon School

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1481 national

CFB

College

Duke

2017–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under David Cutcliffe — 15-11 over that span.

2017Duke7-6HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Duke8-5HC: David Cutcliffe · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (12th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#1282 / 2662 · 50th pct

0.5

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Tackles#2066 / 2662 · 21st pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

Tackles for loss#2101 / 2662 · 19th pct

0.5

Solo tackles#2286 / 2662 · 12th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.0	0.1	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Duke	17	7	0.5	0.5	--	--	--
2017	Duke	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		18	7	0.5	0.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 20–12

at Miami

3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 SACKS

With A. Parker — 39 AVG · 7 IN 20 · 53 LONG · D. Jackson — 12 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 113 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week