6′0″ · 200 lb · Sugar Land, TX · George Ranch
Joshua Okonye: DB · Purdue · #8.
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Joshua Okonye
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. He has played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Dave Clawson and Jeff Brohm. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Louisville — Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
57 tackles. 10 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Purdue | 57 | 41 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 10 |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 36 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 |
| Career | 93 | 62 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 13 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-35vs No. 16 Louisville | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-21vs Ohio | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 35-3@ Missouri | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-28vs No. 8 Michigan | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-17vs Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-17@ No. 7 Wisconsin | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 12-14@ Rutgers | 5 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 9 | L 24-25vs Nebraska | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 29-10vs Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-23@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-15@ Iowa | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Indiana | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 38-35vs Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 57 | 41 | 4.5 | 1.0 | — | 10 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
18%10 pass breakupsTackle volume
57tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%4 TFL57 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1 sack · 10 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
52.8%
489 pass / 438 run
Plays / game
71.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
514 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
57 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons, at Wake Forest and Purdue, 93 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jim Grobe, Dave Clawson and Jeff Brohm.
