Kenenna Odeluga is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Illinois.
Odeluga ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Fourth year in the Illinois linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Wisconsin — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Western Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-19@ Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0vs Western Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 10-63@ No. 19 Indiana | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-27@ Purdue | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-34vs No. 1 Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-27@ Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13vs Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 30-28vs Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Bowl · 2025
W 30-28
vs Tennessee · neutral site
4 tackles · 1 solo tackle
Edged out Tennessee at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
22tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
5%1 pass breakups22 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
4 seasons under Bret Bielema — 32-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
45.6%
372 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
62.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #554 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #70 of 72 Big Ten LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 31 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bret Bielema.
