Ayinde Eley

Senior linebacker for Georgia Tech. 2022: 118 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

LB · Georgia Tech · Sr. · #2

6′3″ · 233 lb · Silver Spring, MD

CFB Index 80 · #53 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceGeorgia Tech 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 401 nationally · Signed with Maryland

Statement game12 tackles · 3 TFL · 1 sackvs Ole Miss (FBS) · L 0-42

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Georgia Tech. 2022: 118 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2017.
Transferred from Maryland to Georgia Tech in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Tech, 317 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Our Lady of Good Counsel

202111 games

Entered the portal

202212 games

All-ACCsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#401 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018

Paul Johnson

Georgia Tech

2019–2021

Geoff Collins

Georgia Tech

era →

2022

Brent Key

Georgia Tech

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Paul Johnson, Geoff Collins, and Brent Key. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Maryland5-7HC: Matt Canada · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning

2020Maryland2-3HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Georgia Tech3-9HC: Geoff Collins · Run-leaning

2022Georgia Tech5-7HC: Brent Key · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

80All-Conference level #53 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#11 / 2755 · 100th pct

118

Solo tackles#38 / 2755 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#127 / 2755 · 95th pct

10.0

QB hurries#199 / 2755 · 90th pct

Sacks#278 / 2755 · 89th pct

3.5

Passes defended#492 / 2755 · 78th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	9.8	1.1	0.4	0.0
Road6g	9.8	0.6	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	10.8	1.5	0.6	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	8.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #53 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #53 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Georgia Tech	118	57	10.0	3.5	3	--	--
2021	Georgia Tech	88	42	2.5	0.5	1	--	--
2020	Maryland	19	7	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Maryland	79	44	4.0	0.5	3	1	--
2018	Maryland	13	7	0.0	0.0	1	1	--
Career		317	157	17.5	4.5	8	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2022

W 26–21

at Pittsburgh

14 TOT · 8 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With D. Shanahan — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 51 LONG · J. Sims — 102 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.3 · 81 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-41vs Clemson	11	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 35-17vs Western Carolina	9	6	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 0-42vs Ole Miss	12	6	3.0	1.0	—	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 4	L 10-27@ UCF	10	7	1.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	W 26-21@ Pittsburgh	14	8	2.5	1.0	—	1	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 6	W 23-20vs Duke	9	3	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 8	L 9-16vs Virginia	6	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 16-41@ Florida State	11	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 28-27@ Virginia Tech	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 14-35vs Miami	12	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 21-17@ North Carolina	9	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 14-37@ Georgia	11	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		118	57	10.0	3.5	—	3

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

Ayinde Eley

2017

202111 games

202212 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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