#42

Praise Martin-Oguike

Linebacker for Temple. 2016: 54 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks.

LB · Temple · #42

6′1″ · Woodbridge, NJ

Temple 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 2095 nationally · Signed with Temple

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 linebacker for Temple. 2016: 54 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Temple in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Temple, 54 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2011

Signed with Temple2-star out of Woodbridge

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2095 national

CFB

College

Temple

2015–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Matt Rhule, all run-leaning offenses — 20-8 over that span.

2015Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2016Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#51 / 2668 · 98th pct

7.5

Tackles for loss#161 / 2668 · 93rd pct

10.0

QB hurries#384 / 2668 · 81st pct

Tackles#582 / 2668 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#661 / 2668 · 75th pct

Passes defended#1097 / 2668 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th 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

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.3	0.9	0.6	0.1
Road6g	4.0	0.6	0.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	4.1	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	1.4	1.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Temple	54	31	10.0	7.5	1	--	--
2015	Temple	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		54	31	10.0	7.5	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2016

W 46–30

vs South Florida

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.

With R. Armstead — 210 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD · P. Walker — 209 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.5 · -11 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week