Derrick Nnadi: DT · Florida State · #91.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Derrick Nnadi
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. The two seasons at Florida State span two head coaches: Jimbo Fisher and Odell Haggins. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 sack against Syracuse — Week 10, 2017.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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.
The New York Times Nov 1
Saturday Down South Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Florida State | 53 | 22 | 10.0 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2016 | Florida State | 49 | 26 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 1 |
| Career | 102 | 48 | 20.5 | 9.5 | 2 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-24vs No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-27vs NC State | 6 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 5 | W 26-19@ Wake Forest | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 20-24vs No. 13 Miami | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-10@ Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-31vs Louisville | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-35@ Boston College | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-24vs Syracuse | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-31@ No. 4 Clemson | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 77-6vs Delaware State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-22@ Florida | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-10vs UL Monroe | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 42-13vs Southern Miss | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 22 | 10.0 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%10 TFLSack rate
7%4 sacksHurry rate
4%2 hurries53 tackles · 10 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Jimbo Fisher — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Odell Haggins
Pass share
42.8%
344 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
61.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
384 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2017
53 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Florida State, 102 tackles — drafted at #75 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jimbo Fisher.
Next stop · NFL
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 9th NFL season
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 9th NFL season
