Oluwole Betiku Jr.: OLB · Illinois · #47.
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Oluwole Betiku Jr.
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Clay Helton and Lovie Smith. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 sack against Eastern Michigan — Week 3, 2019.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 13 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.
LancasterOnline Oct 25
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-3vs Akron | 6 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 31-23@ UConn | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 | 3.5 sacks |
| Wk 3 | L 31-34vs Eastern Michigan | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-42vs Nebraska | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 6 | L 17-40@ Minnesota | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-42vs No. 16 Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-23vs No. 6 Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-19@ No. 19 Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-29vs Northwestern | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-35vs California | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 19 | 13.0 | 9.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
36tackles this seasonTFL rate
36%13 TFLSack rate
25%9 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups36 tackles · 13 for loss · 9 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
43.2%
363 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
64.6
13 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
406 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons, at USC and Illinois, 38 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Steve Sarkisian, Clay Helton and Lovie Smith.
From Lagos, Nigeria — one of 9 players from Nigeria in FBS this season.
