Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 56-24vs UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Emmanuel Okoye
Redshirt sophomore defensive lineman on California's 2026 roster.
6′5″ · 245 lb · Lagos · NFL Academy
Transferred Tennessee → California for 2026
The numbers
1
tackle · 2025
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, vs UAB
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive lineman on California's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2023.
- Transferred from Tennessee to California in 2026.
Emmanuel Okoye
He got to California by way of Tennessee. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against UAB, Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Tennessee4-star out of NFL Academy
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Tennessee
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to California
2025Tennessee
2026California
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Tennessee8-5HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tennessee | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Background
Accolades - Athletic The Athletic Freaks List - No. 9 (2026) Accolades - Academic 2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll Redshirt Sophomore (2025) - Tennessee Played in eight games. Redshirt Freshman (2024) - Tennessee Suffered a season-ending knee injury during fall camp and did not play in any games. Spe...
The linebacker corps · California
- #21Aaron Hampton41 tackles · 2025
- #10Jayden Wayne26 tackles · 2025
- #15Joshua Pierce14 tackles · 2025
- #4Justin Beadles12 tackles · 2025
- #6Emmanuel Okoye1 tackle · 2025
11 more on the roster · California team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology