Praise Amaewhule: DE · UTEP · #23.
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Praise Amaewhule
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Rated a two-star prospect, with six seasons of snaps at UTEP since. All-Conference USA in 2023 made it four straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Arizona — Week 3, 2023.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 6 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
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-17@ Jacksonville State | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 28-14vs Incarnate Word | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-31@ Arizona | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 28-45vs UNLV | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-24vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-14@ Florida International | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 8 | L 7-28vs New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34@ Sam Houston | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-21vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 30-34@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-42vs No. 22 Liberty | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 14 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
21%5 sacksTFL rate
25%6 TFLHurry rate
29%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
42%5 of 12 pressures24 tackles · 6 for loss · 5 sacks · 1 interception.
6 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 20-49 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
42.6%
330 pass / 445 run
Plays / game
64.6
12 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
350 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #77 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons at UTEP, 21 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dana Dimel.
