Senior linebacker for Rice. 2022: 16 tackles.
6′2″ · 258 lb · Missouri City, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 1815 nationally · Signed with Rice
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Rice. 2022: 16 tackles.
Kenneth Orji
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. This is his fifth year in the same linebacker corps at Rice. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Louisiana Tech, Week 8, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Rice, 113 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Bloomgren.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Mike Bloomgren — 16-39 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (2nd 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
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #544 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022
W 52–10
vs McNeese
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Dominant 42-point win at home against McNeese.
With T. McMahon — 274 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.4 · 26 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · B. Rozner — 3 rec · 101 yds · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 52-10vs McNeese | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-24vs UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-17@ Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 42-41@ Louisiana Tech | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-56vs Charlotte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-30vs UTEP | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-45@ Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-41vs UTSA | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-21@ North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Maurice Westmoreland’s 2022 season.
Matches Maurice on
Differs from Maurice on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to West Weeks's graduate season at LSU (2023).
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Player DNA