#23

Praise Amaewhule

Senior defensive end for UTEP. 2023: 5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DE · UTEP · Sr. · #23

6′3″ · 250 lb · Katy, TX

CFB Index 73 · #77 of 418 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceUTEP 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

SDE recruit

No. 3175 nationally · Signed with UTEP

Statement game5 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 3.5 sacksat Louisiana Tech (FBS) · L 17-21

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for UTEP. 2023: 5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UTEP in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at UTEP, 21 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with UTEP2-star out of Taylor

20208 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAsecond

202112 games

All-Conference USAfirst

202210 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202311 games

All-Conference USAsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3175 national

CFB

College

UTEP

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

1 coach

2018–2023

Dana Dimel

UTEP

Played his entire career under Dana Dimel.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

6 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 20-49 over that span.

2018UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2019UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2020UTEP3-5HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2021UTEP7-6HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2022UTEP5-7HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2023UTEP3-9HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

73Quality starter #77 of 418?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th percentile). Strength: sacks (95th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#70 / 2842 · 97th pct

Sacks#123 / 2842 · 95th pct

5.0

Tackles for loss#397 / 2842 · 85th pct

6.0

Passes defended#744 / 2842 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1508 / 2842 · 45th pct

Tackles#1663 / 2842 · 40th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Scotty Walden

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #77 of 418 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #77 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	UTEP	24	14	6.0	5.0	2	1	--
2022	UTEP	23	10	5.5	2.0	1	--	--
2021	UTEP	38	21	12.0	5.5	5	--	--
2020	UTEP	18	8	7.0	5.5	8	--	--
2019	UTEP	28	16	5.5	3.0	3	--	--
2018	UTEP	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		134	71	36.0	21.0	19	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 28–14

vs Incarnate Word

1 PD · 1 SOLO · 1 TOT

With D. Hankins — 174 rush yds (24 car) · J. Sloan — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week