Julian Okwara: DL · Notre Dame · #42.
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Julian Okwara
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Notre Dame. On tape: 3 tackles against USC, Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 18 | 8 | 6.0 | 4.0 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 34 | 23 | 10.0 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 14 | 8 | 3.5 | 2.5 | -- | 1 |
| 2016 | Notre Dame | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 70 | 41 | 19.5 | 12.0 | 1 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-17@ Louisville | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-14vs New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-23@ No. 3 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-20vs No. 18 Virginia | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 52-0vs Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-27vs USC | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-45@ No. 19 Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-20vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-7@ Duke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 8 | 6.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
33%6 TFLSack rate
22%4 sacksHurry rate
39%7 hurries18 tackles · 6 for loss · 4 sacks.
4 seasons under Brian Kelly — 37-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Kelly
Pass share
47.4%
416 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
67.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.3%
451 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Notre Dame, 12 sacks — drafted at #67 overall by the Detroit Lions.
A stat line in 33 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Brian Kelly.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 7th NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 7th NFL season
