Isaiah Nwokobia is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at SMU.
Nwokobia hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at SMU. Named All-ACC two seasons running, most recently in 2025. On tape: 12 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Baylor, Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
80 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-13vs East Texas A&M | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 45-48vs Baylor | 12 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 28-10@ Missouri State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-35@ TCU | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-18vs Syracuse | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-10vs Stanford | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-24@ Clemson | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-13@ Wake Forest | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-20vs No. 10 Miami | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-13@ Boston College | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 35-38@ California | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 80 | 41 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
80tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL80 tackles · 2 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 8.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Pass share
53.7%
460 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
466 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
80 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #35 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-ACC
Based on 2025: #2 of 25 ACC Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
A stat line in 47 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 1ST TEAM
All-ACC 1st team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
ACC Defensive Back Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Rhett Lashlee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
