Uchenna Nwosu: OLB · USC · #42.
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Uchenna Nwosu
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Second year in the same linebacker corps at USC. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Texas — Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
75 tackles. 13 passes defended. 1 interception. 11.5 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.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-31vs Western Michigan | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 42-24vs No. 14 Stanford | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 5 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-24vs Texas | 9 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 30-20@ California | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-30@ No. 16 Washington State | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-10vs Oregon State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-27vs Utah | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-49@ No. 13 Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-17@ Arizona State | 8 | 6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 10 | W 49-35vs No. 23 Arizona | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-24@ Colorado | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-23vs UCLA | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-28vs No. 14 Stanford | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 7-24vs No. 5 Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 47 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 1 | 13 |
Week 9 · 2017
W 48-17
3 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
Dominant 31-point win on the road against Arizona State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%12 TFLSack rate
13%10 sacksPD rate
17%13 pass breakups75 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 9.5 sacks · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Clay Helton, all balanced offenses — 21-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 5.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
48.4%
489 pass / 522 run
Plays / game
72.2
14 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
530 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at USC, 128 tackles — drafted at #48 overall by the Los Angeles Chargers.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Sarkisian → Clay Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 9th NFL season
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 9th NFL season
