Former defensive lineman at TCU. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′2″ · 320 lb · Katy, TX
The story
Former defensive lineman at TCU. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Hakeem Ajijolaiya
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Dana Holgorsen and Sonny Dykes. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against UCF, Week 3, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at TCU, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. 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
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2024 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-0vs Long Island University | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 34-35vs UCF | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 42-66@ SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-27@ Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-34vs Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Kwan Williams’s 2022 season.
Matches Kwan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Patrick Lucas Jr.'s junior season at Indiana (2023).
Matches Patrick on
Player DNA