Jesse Aniebonam: DL · Maryland · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jesse Aniebonam
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches at Maryland: D.J. Durkin and Matt Canada. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Iowa — Week 8, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-14@ Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-35vs Temple | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 42-13vs Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-42@ No. 15 Michigan | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7vs Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-23@ No. 19 Iowa | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 63-33vs Illinois | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-24vs Michigan State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 32-34@ Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 51-52vs No. 9 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 4 · 2018
W 42-13
vs Minnesota
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 29-point win at home against Minnesota.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%5 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry39 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Canada
Pass share
33.5%
241 pass / 479 run
Plays / game
60.0
12 games
Team sack rate
10.8%
279 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2018
39 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Maryland, 11 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 24 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Randy Edsall, D.J. Durkin, and Matt Canada. Multi-era developmental context.
