#56

Tobenna Okeke

Defensive end for Fresno State. 2017: 6 sacks, 11 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

DE · Fresno State · #56

6′3″ · 245 lb · Missouri City, TX

Fresno State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2259 nationally · Signed with Fresno State

Statement game6 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksat Hawai'i (FBS) · W 31-21

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive end for Fresno State. 2017: 6 sacks, 11 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Fresno State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Fresno State, 9 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Fresno State2-star out of Elkins

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2259 national

CFB

College

Fresno State

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2017

2 coaches

2016

Eric Kiesau

Fresno State

2017

Jeff Tedford

Fresno State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Eric Kiesau → Jeff Tedford. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Fresno State1-11HC: Eric Kiesau · Balanced

2017Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (96th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (95th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#87 / 2682 · 96th pct

6.0

Tackles for loss#121 / 2682 · 95th pct

11.0

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1010 / 2682 · 62nd pct

Solo tackles#1036 / 2682 · 60th pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th 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

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.0
Road7g	3.3	1.0	0.7	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.2	1.0	0.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	0.8	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Entz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Fresno State	38	22	11.0	6.0	1	--	--
2016	Fresno State	51	22	3.0	3.0	--	--	--
Career		89	44	14.0	9.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2017

W 28–17

vs Boise State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

With M. McMaryion — 332 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.4 · 27 rush yds (4 car) · B. Cusick — 39 AVG · 48 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 10-41@ Alabama	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 16-48@ Washington	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 41-21vs Nevada	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 27-10@ San José State	5	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 38-0vs New Mexico	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 16-26vs UNLV	6	4	2.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 10	W 20-13vs BYU	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 31-21@ Hawai'i	6	5	3.0	3.0	—	0	3 sacks
Wk 12	W 13-7@ Wyoming	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 28-17vs Boise State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 14-17@ Boise State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 33-27@ Houston	5	3	2.0	1.0	—	1
Total		38	22	11.0	6.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2014

2017 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays