Sokoya McDuffie: DL · UConn · #99.
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Sokoya McDuffie
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Bobby Wilder, Ricky Rahne and Jim Mora. On tape: 3 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Massachusetts, Week 13, 2023.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
12 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | UConn | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | UConn | 11 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Old Dominion | 28 | 10 | 6.0 | 4.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Old Dominion | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 52 | 22 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-24vs NC State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-35@ Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-41vs No. 18 Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-31@ Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24vs South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-21@ Boston College | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 31-3vs Sacred Heart | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-18@ Massachusetts | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries12 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Mora
Pass share
49.6%
381 pass / 387 run
Plays / game
64.0
12 games
Team sack rate
2.4%
374 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Old Dominion and UConn, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 27 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Bobby Wilder, Ricky Rahne and Jim Mora.
