Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
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| Wk 8 | L 7-28vs New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Aluma Nkele
Last confirmed: Minnesota, 2025. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′6″ · 380 lb · Gardena, CA · Long Beach City College
His line is 127th in the country in passing-downs success rate this season (a team number, not his).
This week
Aluma Nkele
Aluma Nkele arrived at Minnesota from UTEP.
News and fans
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2023 snapshot
Season context: team record and system
2023UTEP3-9HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning
Awards
A three-star recruit at offensive line for Minnesota -- now projected as a developmental piece up front.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
DevelopingThree-star HS recruit
The unit he anchors ranks 127th nationally in passing-downs success rate this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Minnesota has produced 4 All-Conference offensive linemen and 1 All-American. 3 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2022. John Michael Schmitz was one of them, an All-American.
Four seasons, two schools
- 2025 Minnesota FleckYear 4 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2024 Minnesota FleckYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- Apr 2024 Entered the transfer portalUTEP to Minnesota
- 2023 UTEP DimelYear 2 · 1 game
- 2022 UTEP DimelYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with UTEP in 2022 as a 3-star junior college recruit out of Long Beach City College, No. 128 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with UTEP in the 2022 class, a 3-star recruit.
- Transferred from UTEP to Minnesota, Apr 22, 2024.
His career
2022
- Signed with UTEP3-star out of Long Beach City College
2024
- Transferred to Minnesotafrom UTEP
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coaches2022–2023
UTEP
Played for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dana Dimel and P.J. Fleck.