#93

Chibueze Onwuka

Senior defensive tackle for Boston College. 2022: 1 sack, 6 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

DT · Boston College · Sr. · #93

5′11″ · 286 lb · Bowie, MD

CFB Index 66 · #77 of 278 interior linemenLow confidenceBoston College 2022 alumnus

The story

4 defensive tackle for Boston College. 2022: 1 sack, 6 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

Signed with Buffalo in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

DT recruit

Signed with Buffalo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Boston College, 129 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20176 games

Signed with Buffaloout of Eleanor Roosevelt

Career arc

Recruit

—

2017 class

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

2 coaches

2017–2019

Steve Addazio

Boston College

2020

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

era →

2022

Jeff Hafley

Boston College

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jeff Hafley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Buffalo6-6HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

2018Buffalo10-4HC: Lance Leipold · Run-leaning

2019Buffalo8-5HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy

2020Boston College6-1HC: Lance Leipold · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Boston College3-9HC: Jeff Hafley · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

66Quality starter #77 of 278?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (85th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#329 / 2755 · 85th pct

Tackles for loss#400 / 2755 · 84th pct

6.0

Tackles#802 / 2755 · 70th pct

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1183 / 2755 · 56th pct

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.0	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road6g	2.8	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.4	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #77 of 278 interior linemen

Unranked recruit. Now #77 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Boston College	41	18	6.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Buffalo	20	13	2.5	1.5	--	--	--
2019	Buffalo	43	25	8.0	3.5	--	--	--
2018	Buffalo	17	9	5.0	1.5	--	--	--
2017	Buffalo	8	5	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		129	70	22.5	8.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 34–33

vs Louisville

9 TOT · 6 SOLO · 2 TFL

Edged out Louisville at home in a shootout.

With P. Jurkovec — 304 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 70.0 · -15 rush yds (8 car) · Z. Flowers — 22 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 21-22vs Rutgers	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	L 10-27@ Virginia Tech	3	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 38-17vs Maine	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 14-44@ Florida State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 34-33vs Louisville	9	6	2.0	0.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 6	L 3-31vs Clemson	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 15-43@ Wake Forest	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 3-13@ UConn	6	3	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 31-38vs Duke	7	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 21-20@ NC State	4	2	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 0-44@ Notre Dame	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 23-32vs Syracuse	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		41	18	6.0	1.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Chibueze Onwuka

20176 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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