Former linebacker at Charlotte. 2024: 20 tackles.
6′2″ · 235 lb · Charlotte, NC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ILB recruit
No. 213 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at Charlotte. 2024: 20 tackles.
Osita Ekwonu
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Osita Ekwonu has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Florida Atlantic — Week 13, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Charlotte, 30 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Healy, Peter Rossomando, and Biff Poggi. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #474 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Charlotte | 20 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Charlotte | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 30 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2024
W 27–26
vs Gardner-Webb
2 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With M. O'Shaughnessy — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 73 LONG · T. Ivey — 142 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.7
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-30vs James Madison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-26vs Gardner-Webb | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-20@ Rice | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-51@ Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-33@ Memphis | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-34vs Tulane | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-59vs South Florida | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-27@ Florida Atlantic | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 29-27vs UAB | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Total | 20 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0 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.
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to West Weeks’s 2024 season.
Matches West on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to West Weeks's graduate season at LSU (2024).
Matches West on
Player DNA