Coco Azema: DB · Northwestern.
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Coco Azema
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The six seasons at Northwestern span two head coaches: Pat Fitzgerald and David Braun. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Purdue — Week 10, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northwestern | 32 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 37 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 20 | 16 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 72 | 50 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4 | -- |
| 2020 | Northwestern | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 170 | 116 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-6vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-26vs Duke | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-7vs Eastern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 5-24@ Washington | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-41vs No. 23 Indiana | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-10@ Maryland | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-23vs Wisconsin | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-40@ Iowa | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-20@ Purdue | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 7-31vs No. 2 Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-50@ Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-38vs No. 22 Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 32 | 24 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL32 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Pass share
53.3%
392 pass / 344 run
Plays / game
61.3
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
408 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Six seasons at Northwestern, 170 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
