Last confirmed: BYU, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 260 lb · Rockwall, TX
JJ Nwigwe: DL · BYU · #88.
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JJ Nwigwe
Wins his gap play after play. Third year in the BYU defensive front. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Toledo — Week 5, 2019.
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
21 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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
2019 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 30-27vs No. 24 USC | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-28@ Toledo | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 23-27@ South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-14@ Utah State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24vs Liberty | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-10vs Idaho State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-24@ Massachusetts | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 3-13@ San Diego State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 34-38vs Hawai'i | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 12 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%4 TFLSack rate
10%2 sacksHurry rate
10%2 hurries21 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 20-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
50.8%
466 pass / 452 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at BYU, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kalani Sitake.
