#58

Eyioma Uwazurike

Former defensive end at Iowa State. 2021: 9 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

DE · Iowa State · Sr. · #58

6′6″ · 320 lb · Detroit, MI

CFB Index 90 · #12 of 370 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDenver — drafted 2022, Rd 4, Pick 11, #116 overall

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 812 nationally · Signed with Iowa State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Iowa State. 2021: 9 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa State in 2016.
Drafted round 4 by the Denver in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Iowa State, 15 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — drafted at #116 overall by Denver.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Iowa State3-star out of Southfield-lathrup

202112 games

All-Big 12first

2022

Drafted by Denverround 4, pick 116

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#812 national

CFB

College

Iowa State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #116

Denver · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Matt Campbell

Iowa State

Played his entire career under Matt Campbell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DenverEntering 5th NFL season

#116Rd 4 · Pick 11

DenverEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Matt Campbell — 39-25 over that span.

2017Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2018Iowa State8-5HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2019Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced

2020Iowa State9-3HC: Matt Campbell · Run-leaning

2021Iowa State7-6HC: Matt Campbell · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

90All-America level #12 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (97th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#26 / 2743 · 99th pct

9.0

Tackles for loss#85 / 2743 · 97th pct

12.0

QB hurries#97 / 2743 · 96th pct

Tackles#813 / 2743 · 70th pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1422 / 2743 · 47th pct

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	1.1	0.9	0.2
Road6g	2.3	0.8	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	1.0	0.7	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.5	0.9	0.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #12 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #12 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Iowa State	43	16	12.0	9.0	1	--	--
2020	Iowa State	27	16	8.0	3.0	1	--	--
2019	Iowa State	32	19	5.5	1.5	1	--	--
2018	Iowa State	27	12	5.0	1.0	--	--	--
2017	Iowa State	16	7	4.0	0.5	--	--	--
Career		145	70	34.5	15.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2021

W 24–21

vs Oklahoma State

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 3 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With B. Purdy — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.6 · -6 rush yds (9 car) · A. Mevis — 29 LONG · 100 PCT · 5 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 16-10vs Northern Iowa	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	L 17-27vs Iowa	4	1	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 48-3@ UNLV	4	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 29-31@ Baylor	3	2	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 59-7vs Kansas	6	2	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 7	W 33-20@ Kansas State	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Oklahoma State	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 31-38@ West Virginia	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 30-7vs Texas	4	2	2.5	2.5	—	0	2.5 sacks
Wk 11	L 38-41@ Texas Tech	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 21-28@ Oklahoma	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 48-14vs TCU	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		37	16	11.5	8.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology