Jesse Aniebonam

Senior defensive lineman for Maryland. 2018: 2 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

DL · Maryland · Sr. · #6

6′3″ · 260 lb · Silver Spring, MD

Maryland 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 129 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Maryland. 2018: 2 sacks, 5 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Maryland in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Maryland, 11 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Maryland4-star out of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#129 national

CFB

College

Maryland

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

2 coaches

2016–2017

D.J. Durkin

Maryland

2018

Matt Canada

Maryland

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: D.J. Durkin → Matt Canada. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Maryland6-7HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-heavy

2017Maryland4-8HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Maryland5-7HC: Matt Canada · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#489 / 2662 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#607 / 2662 · 76th pct

5.0

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Tackles#965 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Solo tackles#1264 / 2662 · 51st pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Locksley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Maryland	39	18	5.0	2.0	--	--	--
2017	Maryland	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Maryland	46	26	14.0	9.0	1	--	--
Career		87	45	19.0	11.0	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 45-14@ Bowling Green	3	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	L 14-35vs Temple	7	3	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 4	W 42-13vs Minnesota	4	2	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 6	L 21-42@ Michigan	4	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 34-7vs Rutgers	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 0-23@ Iowa	7	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 63-33vs Illinois	5	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 3-24vs Michigan State	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 32-34@ Indiana	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 51-52vs Ohio State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Total		39	18	5.0	2.0	—

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

2014

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays