Bobby Okereke: ILB · Stanford · #20.
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Bobby Okereke
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Three seasons in the Stanford linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 13 tackles and 0.5 sacks against California — Week 14, 2018.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
94 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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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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 31-10vs San Diego State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 17-3vs No. 17 USC | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-10vs UC Davis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-31@ No. 20 Oregon | 8 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 5 | L 17-38@ No. 8 Notre Dame | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-40vs Utah | 12 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-13@ Arizona State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-41vs No. 14 Washington State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-27@ Washington | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-17vs Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-42@ UCLA | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 23-13@ California | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
 Bowl | W 14-13vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 94 | 52 | 7.5 | 3.5 | — | 5 |
Week 4 · 2018
W 38-31
at Oregon
1 sack · 2.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
Edged out Oregon on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
94tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%8 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
5%5 pass breakups94 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
3 seasons under David Shaw — 28-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 9.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Shaw
Pass share
52.5%
420 pass / 380 run
Plays / game
61.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
456 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2018
94 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Stanford, 221 tackles — drafted at #89 overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
A stat line in 38 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under David Shaw.
Next stop · NFL
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 8th NFL season
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 8th NFL season
