Kenny Ozowalu is a defensive lineman at Oklahoma who has not played in Oklahoma's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at UTSA.
Oklahoma lists 20 defensive linemen this season.
Oklahoma is 4-4. Next: at Florida, Sat Nov 7.
Ozowalu disrupts the pocket from the interior. Came to Oklahoma by way of UTSA. On tape: 3 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against North Texas, Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 pass 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-42@ No. 19 Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 36-43vs Texas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-20vs Incarnate Word | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 17-16@ Colorado State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-27@ Temple | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-55@ North Texas | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-7@ Charlotte | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-27vs Army | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 9 | 6.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Week 3 · 2025
W 48-20
1 sack · 3 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against Incarnate Word.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
38%6 TFLSack rate
19%3 sacksHurry rate
19%3 hurries16 tackles · 6 for loss · 3 sacks.
2 seasons under Jeff Traylor — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Traylor
Pass share
50.7%
446 pass / 434 run
Plays / game
67.7
13 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
432 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #358 at the position.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jeff Traylor and Brent Venables.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Oklahoma
