Olakunle Fatukasi: LB · Rutgers · #3.
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Olakunle Fatukasi
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Rutgers. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big Ten again in 2021. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Syracuse — Week 2, 2021.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
81 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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.
The Detroit News Oct 29
247Sports Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-14vs Temple | 7 | 6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 17-7@ Syracuse | 12 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 45-13vs Delaware | 9 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-20@ No. 19 Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-52vs No. 11 Ohio State | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-31vs No. 11 Michigan State | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-21@ Northwestern | 11 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 20-14@ Illinois | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-52vs Wisconsin | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 81 | 50 | 11.0 | 3.5 | — | 2 |
Week 1 · 2021
W 61-14
vs Temple
3 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 47-point win at home against Temple.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
81tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%11 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
2%2 pass breakups81 tackles · 11 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 9.0 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 9.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 9.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 9.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Greg Schiano
Pass share
44.3%
394 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
74.1
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
415 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #262 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Rutgers, 279 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 44 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chris Ash, Nunzio Campanile, and Greg Schiano. Multi-era developmental context.
