#20

Chris Adimora

Senior safety for SMU. 2023: 1 interception, 24 tackles.

S · SMU · Sr. · #20

6′2″ · 231 lb · Lakewood, CA

CFB Index 27 · #459 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceSMU 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 192 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for SMU. 2023: 1 interception, 24 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2019.
Transferred from Texas to SMU in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at SMU, 104 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20196 games

Signed with Texas4-star out of Mayfair

20229 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#192 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019–2020

Sonny Dykes

SMU

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

era →

2022–2023

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Texas5-7HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning

2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

27Below cohort / limited sample #459 of 538?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#574 / 2842 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#1416 / 2842 · 49th pct

Tackles#1663 / 2842 · 40th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1868 / 2842 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th 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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

27 · #459 of 538 safeties

Former four-star. Now #459 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	SMU	24	15	1.0	0.0	--	1	--
2022	SMU	14	7	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Texas	10	5	0.5	0.5	2	--	--
2020	Texas	46	29	1.5	0.0	3	1	--
2019	Texas	10	7	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
Career		104	63	3.0	0.5	7	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 38-14vs Louisiana Tech	4	1	1.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	W 69-0vs Prairie View A&M	3	3	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 17-34@ TCU	2	0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 34-16vs Charlotte	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 31-10@ East Carolina	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 55-0@ Temple	2	2	0.0	1
Wk 9	W 69-10vs Tulsa	4	2	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 36-31@ Rice	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 45-21vs North Texas	3	2	0.0	—
Bowl	L 14-23@ Boston College	1	1	0.0	—
Total		24	15	1.0	1

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