Justin Ademilola: DL · Notre Dame · #9.
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Justin Ademilola
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Notre Dame. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Stanford — Week 7, 2022.
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
38 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 38 | 11 | 3.5 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 34 | 18 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 1 |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 16 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 103 | 49 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-21@ No. 2 Ohio State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-26vs Marshall | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 24-17vs California | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-32@ North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-20vs No. 16 BYU | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-16vs Stanford | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-21vs UNLV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-24@ No. 16 Syracuse | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-14vs No. 5 Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-32vs Navy | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-0vs Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-38@ No. 5 USC | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 11 | 3.5 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Week 3 · 2022
W 24-17
vs California
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
9%4 TFLSack rate
8%3 sacksHurry rate
11%4 hurries38 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Pass share
39.4%
338 pass / 519 run
Plays / game
65.9
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
365 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
38 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #171 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Notre Dame, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
