Last confirmed: Ohio State, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 200 lb · Grand Prairie, TX · South Grand Prairie
Jeff Okudah: CB · Ohio State · #1.
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Jeff Okudah
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Jeff Okudah has been at Ohio State through two head coaches in three seasons. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Florida Atlantic — Week 1, 2019.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 9 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 1 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ohio State | 34 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 |
| 2018 | Ohio State | 32 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | -- |
| 2017 | Ohio State | 17 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 83 | 64 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-21vs Florida Atlantic | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-0vs Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 51-10@ Indiana | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 76-5vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-7@ Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-10vs No. 25 Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-7vs No. 13 Wisconsin | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 73-14vs Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-21@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-17vs No. 9 Penn State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-27@ No. 10 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 15 | W 34-21@ No. 10 Wisconsin | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 23-29vs No. 3 Clemson | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 34 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 |
Week 5 · 2019
W 48-7
at Nebraska
2 interceptions · 2 tackles · 2 solo tackles
Dominant 41-point win on the road against Nebraska.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
26%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
34tackles this season34 tackles · 1 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Day
Pass share
38.4%
404 pass / 647 run
Plays / game
75.1
14 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
452 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Career, closed
Gone at #3 overall.
How it ended
Three seasons at Ohio State, 83 tackles — drafted at #3 overall by the Detroit Lions.
His career
He has a stat line in 35 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Urban Meyer → Ryan Day. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where he ended up · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 7th NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 7th NFL season
