Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 0-70@ Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
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Ike Nnakenyi
Former defensive lineman at Nevada. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′4″ · 260 lb · Las Vegas, NV
Nevada 2024 — college career complete
Recruiting
3★
EDGE recruit
No. 1571 nationally · Signed with Nevada
Last played in 2025.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Nevada. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nevada in 2022.
- Transferred from Nevada to Grambling in 2025.
Ike Nnakenyi
Wins his gap play after play. Three seasons at Nevada, two different head coaches: Ken Wilson and Jeff Choate. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Ohio State — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Nevada, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
2022
- Signed with Nevada3-star out of Coronado
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Nevada
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
2 coaches2022–2023
Ken Wilson
Nevada
Coaching transition mid-career: Ken Wilson → Jeff Choate. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Career stats
Game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Balanced
2023Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Run-leaning
2024Nevada3-10HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Choate
Pass share
41.4%
77 pass / 109 run
Plays / game
62.0
3 games
Team sack rate
1.2%
83 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
IDL
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Garret Fountain’s 2023 season.
Matches Garret on
Weight
TFL rate
Sack rate
Differs from Garret on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Makhi Gilbert's junior season at Eastern Michigan (2025).
Matches Makhi on
Class year
TFL rate
Weight
Differs from Makhi on
Height (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Ike Nnakenyi
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology