CJ Onyechi

Senior defensive lineman for Colorado State. 2022: 1 sack, 7.5 tackles for loss, 56 tackles.

DL · Colorado State · Sr. · #2

6′0″ · 245 lb · West Orange, NJ

CFB Index 70 · #62 of 278 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceColorado State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1487 nationally · Signed with Rutgers

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Colorado State. 2022: 1 sack, 7.5 tackles for loss, 56 tackles.

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

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Colorado State, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20174 games

Signed with Rutgers3-star out of West Orange

202212 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1487 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

3 coaches

2017

Mike Bobo

Colorado State

2019

Mike Bobo

Colorado State

2020–2021

Steve Addazio

Colorado State

era →

2022

Jay Norvell

Colorado State

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Mike Bobo, Steve Addazio, and Jay Norvell. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Rutgers4-8HC: Chris Ash · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Rutgers2-10HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Rutgers3-6HC: Greg Schiano · Balanced

2021Rutgers5-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2022Colorado State3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #62 of 278?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (96th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (90th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#79 / 2755 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#255 / 2755 · 90th pct

7.5

Solo tackles#409 / 2755 · 84th pct

Tackles#427 / 2755 · 84th pct

Sacks#845 / 2755 · 61st pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th 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	4.7	0.4	0.0	0.0
Road6g	4.7	0.8	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.3	0.8	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jim Mora

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #62 of 278 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #62 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Colorado State	56	33	7.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Rutgers	27	17	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Rutgers	26	10	5.0	2.0	--	--	--
2019	Rutgers	24	11	2.5	2.0	--	--	--
2017	Rutgers	8	5	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		141	76	18.5	6.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 17–14

at Nevada

4 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With P. Turner — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG · A. Morrow — 168 rush yds (24 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 7-51@ Michigan	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 19-34vs Middle Tennessee	9	4	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 7-38@ Washington State	2	2	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 10-41vs Sacramento State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 17-14@ Nevada	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 13-17vs Utah State	7	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 17-13vs Hawai'i	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 10-49@ Boise State	4	4	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 16-28@ San José State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 13-14vs Wyoming	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 12-24@ Air Force	10	9	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 13	W 17-0vs New Mexico	4	1	1.5	0.0	—
Total		56	33	7.5	1.0	—

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

CJ Onyechi

20174 games

202212 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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