Otaro Alaka: LB · Texas A&M · #42.
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Otaro Alaka
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for two head coaches at Texas A&M: Kevin Sumlin and Jimbo Fisher. One game to point at: 11 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against LSU — Week 13, 2018.
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
79 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 14.5 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
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Northwestern State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-28vs No. 2 Clemson | 10 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 3 | W 48-10vs UL Monroe | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-45@ No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-17vs Arkansas | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-14vs No. 13 Kentucky | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 26-23@ South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-28@ Mississippi State | 9 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-28@ Auburn | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-24vs Ole Miss | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 41-20vs UAB | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 74-72vs No. 8 LSU | 11 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 79 | 39 | 14.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Week 13 · 2018
W 74-72
vs LSU
2 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 11 tackles
Edged out LSU at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
18%14 TFLSack rate
5%4 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups79 tackles · 14.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimbo Fisher
Pass share
45.1%
435 pass / 529 run
Plays / game
74.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.0%
488 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
79 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas A&M, 231 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Sumlin → Jimbo Fisher. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
