Former defensive lineman at Vanderbilt. 2020: 5.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.
6′6″ · 276 lb · Irving, TX
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 630 nationally · Signed with Vanderbilt
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Vanderbilt. 2020: 5.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.
Dayo Odeyingbo
Fourth year in the Vanderbilt defensive front, same address the whole way. 2020 brought the first one: All-SEC. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 2 TFL against Texas A&M, Week 4, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Vanderbilt, 12 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #54 overall by Indianapolis.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Derek Mason.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
IndianapolisEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Derek Mason — 14-32 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (100th percentile). Strength: sacks (98th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
First team in his league at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 32 | 15 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 45 | 20 | 12.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Vanderbilt | 28 | 17 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Vanderbilt | 21 | 11 | 4.5 | 2.5 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 126 | 63 | 31.0 | 12.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 12-17@ Texas A&M | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 7-41vs LSU | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-41vs South Carolina | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-54vs Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-24@ Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 35-38@ Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-38vs Florida | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-41@ Missouri | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 32 | 15 | 8.0 | 5.5 | — | 1 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.