Ola Adeniyi

Defensive end for Toledo. 2017: 8.5 sacks, 20 tackles for loss, 65 tackles.

DE · Toledo · #9

6′2″ · 248 lb · Houston, TX

Toledo 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 defensive end for Toledo. 2017: 8.5 sacks, 20 tackles for loss, 65 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Toledo in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 2466 nationally · Signed with Toledo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Two seasons at Toledo, 12 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Toledo2-star out of Fort Bend Bush

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2466 national

CFB

College

Toledo

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Jason Candle, all run-leaning offenses — 20-7 over that span.

2016Toledo9-4HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2017Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#7 / 2682 · 100th pct

20.0

QB hurries#12 / 2682 · 99th pct

Sacks#24 / 2682 · 99th pct

8.5

Tackles#368 / 2682 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#560 / 2682 · 78th pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th 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

2017 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	5.1	1.3	0.6	0.1
Road6g	4.0	1.6	0.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	1.1	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+7g	5.4	1.8	1.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Toledo	65	33	20.0	8.5	1	--	--
2016	Toledo	49	33	8.0	4.0	--	--	--
Career		114	66	28.0	12.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 47–13

vs Elon

5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 34-point win at home against Elon.

With D. Johnson — 4 rec · 102 yds · L. Woodside — 314 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.9 · -7 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week