#97

Nnamdi Uzoma

Defensive end for Navy. 2016: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.

DE · Navy · #97

6′3″ · Wake Forest, NC

Navy 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 defensive end for Navy. 2016: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Navy, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Navy

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Navy9-5HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (16th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#489 / 2668 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#989 / 2668 · 60th pct

3.0

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Solo tackles#1898 / 2668 · 27th pct

Passes defended#1657 / 2668 · 19th pct

Tackles#2213 / 2668 · 16th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	2.2	0.8	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	0.5	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Navy	15	11	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		15	11	3.0	2.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2016

W 28–27

vs Notre Dame

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.

With W. Worth — 48 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.8 · 175 rush yds (28 car) · 2 TD · D. Romine — 18 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 52-16vs Fordham	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 28-24vs UConn	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 21-14@ Tulane	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 6	W 46-40vs Houston	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 45-52@ South Florida	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 28-27vs Notre Dame	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 66-31@ East Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 75-31@ SMU	3	3	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Bowl	L 45-48vs Louisiana Tech	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Total		15	11	3.0	2.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology