Chris Ojoh: LB · New Mexico State · #3.
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Chris Ojoh
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches at New Mexico State: Doug Martin and Jerry Kill. One game to point at: 15 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against New Mexico — Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
102 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | New Mexico State | 102 | 63 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 2 |
| 2021 | New Mexico State | 71 | 43 | 15.5 | 6.0 | 2 |
| Career | 173 | 106 | 26.5 | 11.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-23vs Nevada | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 0-38@ Minnesota | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-20@ UTEP | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-66@ Wisconsin | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-26vs Hawai'i | 14 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-21vs Florida International | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-9vs New Mexico | 15 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 23-13@ Massachusetts | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-14vs Lamar | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-45@ Missouri | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-14@ Liberty | 9 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 65-3vs Valparaiso | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 102 | 63 | 11.0 | 5.5 | — | 2 |
Week 11 · 2022
W 51-14
vs Lamar
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 37-point win at home against Lamar.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
102tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%11 TFLSack rate
5%6 sacksPD rate
2%2 pass breakups102 tackles · 11 for loss · 5.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 9.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 7.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 8.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jerry Kill
Pass share
40.8%
304 pass / 442 run
Plays / game
57.4
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
307 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
102 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #38 at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at New Mexico State, 173 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Doug Martin → Jerry Kill. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
