Oluwaseun Idowu: LB · Pittsburgh · #23.
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Oluwaseun Idowu
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Three seasons in the Pittsburgh linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Virginia — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 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.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Pittsburgh | 75 | 52 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 4 |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 93 | 57 | 11.5 | 5.0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 75 | 41 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 243 | 150 | 22.5 | 7.5 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-7vs UAlbany | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-51vs No. 13 Penn State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-19vs Georgia Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-38@ North Carolina | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-45@ No. 13 UCF | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 44-37vs Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-19@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 54-45vs Duke | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-13@ No. 23 Virginia | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 34-13@ Wake Forest | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-24@ Miami | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-42vs No. 2 Clemson | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-14vs Stanford | 8 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 52 | 9.0 | 2.5 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%9 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
5%4 pass breakups75 tackles · 9 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 20-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 7.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 5.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
35.8%
316 pass / 567 run
Plays / game
63.1
14 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
356 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Pittsburgh, 243 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Pat Narduzzi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
