Senior linebacker for Maryland. 2022: 20 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
6′4″ · 260 lb · Burtonsville, MD
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 598 nationally · Signed with Maryland
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Maryland. 2022: 20 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.
Durell Nchami
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Durell Nchami has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Maryland. The receipt: 4 tackles, 2 TFL against Indiana — Week 7, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Maryland, 49 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Canada → Mike Locksley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th 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
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #355 at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 56-21@ Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 34-27vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-34@ Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 29-31vs Purdue | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 38-33@ Indiana | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-23@ Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-30@ Penn State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-0vs Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 13 | 6.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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.
Player DNA
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Ben Davis’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Nana Osafo-Mensah's graduate season at Notre Dame (2023).
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Player DNA