Ola Adeniyi: DE · Toledo · #9.
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Ola Adeniyi
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Rated a two-star prospect, with two seasons of snaps at Toledo since. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Nevada — Week 2, 2017.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 20 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
2017 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 47-13vs Elon | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-24@ Nevada | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 54-51vs Tulsa | 8 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 30-52@ No. 14 Miami | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-15vs Eastern Michigan | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-10@ Central Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-21vs Akron | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 58-17@ Ball State | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | W 27-17vs Northern Illinois | 10 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 10-38@ Ohio | 10 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 66-37@ Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-10vs Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 45-28vs Akron | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
 Bowl | L 0-34vs App State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 33 | 20.0 | 8.5 | — | 1 |
Week 14 · 2017
W 45-28
vs Akron · neutral site
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out Akron at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
13%8 sacksTFL rate
31%20 TFLHurry rate
14%9 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
49%8 of 18 pressures65 tackles · 20 for loss · 8.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Jason Candle, all run-leaning offenses — 20-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| 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
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Pass share
43.6%
423 pass / 547 run
Plays / game
69.3
14 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
457 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
65 tackles in 14 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Toledo, 12 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Campbell → Jason Candle. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
