Samuel Okunlola
Virginia Tech Hokies
58
Depth

Samuel Okunlola

Virginia Tech HokiesSolid
RDEDefenseDepthTRANSFER · Colorado
2nd String / Backup

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Samuel Okunlola is listed 2nd string at RDE for Virginia Tech Hokies.

Redshirt senior · #51 · 6'3", 249 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Virginia Tech Hokies

  1. 13484Cortez HarrisStarter
  2. 25158Samuel OkunlolaYou
  3. 33158Jason Abbey
  4. 45255Sherrod Henderson
  5. 55655Daniel Jennings

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Thayer Academy, ranked #515 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 1 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 58 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #515 NatlTeam Share0%
Brockton, MA
Jersey
#51
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
249 lbs
Transfer
Colorado

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—100

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8833
National Rank
#515
High School
Thayer Academy
Hometown
Brockton, MA

Why this rating?

On a 78-rated defense; 0th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.88 for competition level) put them -14 vs unit starters → 58.

Team defense (SP+)
78
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 0% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.88)
Depth-chart adjustment
-14 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 2LPITTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-33

Sep 26WBCTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 21-14

Sep 12WODUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 44-21

Sep 5WVMITKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 73-3

Samuel Okunlola's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement0%
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