Octavious Oxendine: DL · Kentucky · #8.
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Octavious Oxendine
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the Kentucky defensive front. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 sack against Texas, Week 13, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 6-31vs South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-6vs Ohio | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ No. 6 Ole Miss | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | L 13-20vs Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24vs Auburn | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 18-28@ No. 7 Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-6vs Murray State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-31@ No. 3 Texas | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 14-41vs Louisville | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 9 | 4.5 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Week 5 · 2024
W 20-17
at Ole Miss
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
22%4 TFLSack rate
15%3 sacksHurry rate
15%3 hurries20 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
4 seasons under Mark Stoops — 28-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
42.1%
311 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
61.5
12 games
Team sack rate
11.1%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #315 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kentucky, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Stoops.
