Last confirmed: Maryland, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 260 lb · Silver Spring, MD · Our Lady of Good Counsel
Jesse Aniebonam: DL · Maryland · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jesse Aniebonam
Wins his gap play after play. Jesse Aniebonam has been at Maryland through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Iowa — Week 8, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-14@ Bowling Green | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-35vs Temple | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 42-13vs Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-42@ No. 15 Michigan | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7vs Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-23@ No. 19 Iowa | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 63-33vs Illinois | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-24vs Michigan State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 32-34@ Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 51-52vs No. 9 Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 4 · 2018
W 42-13
vs Minnesota
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 29-point win at home against Minnesota.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%5 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry39 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Canada
Pass share
33.5%
241 pass / 479 run
Plays / game
60.0
12 games
Team sack rate
10.8%
279 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2018
39 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Maryland, 11 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 24 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Randy Edsall, D.J. Durkin, and Matt Canada. Multi-era developmental context.
