Former defensive end at Purdue. 2024: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 12 tackles.
6′4″ · 267 lb · Carmel, IN
The story
Former defensive end at Purdue. 2024: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 12 tackles.
Jireh Ojata
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. He got to Purdue by way of Franklin College. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Northwestern, Week 10, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Purdue, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (8th 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 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Purdue | 12 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 49–0
3 SOLO · 3 TOT
Dominant 49-point win at home against Indiana State.
With H. Card — 273 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.8 · 16 rush yds (3 car) · E. Jackson — 83 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-0vs Indiana State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 49-50@ Illinois | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-26vs Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 0-45@ Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-49vs Penn State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 10 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Joey Petersen’s 2022 season.
Matches Joey on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Kelby Collins's freshman season at Florida (2023).
Matches Kelby on
Differs from Kelby on
Player DNA