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Isaiah Nwokobia

SMU · Safety · 2021-25

TKL
263
INT
11
PD
14

Career totals · 5 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2021 to 2025, Nwokobia recorded 263 tackles and 11 tackles for loss. In 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025, Nwokobia also had 11 interceptions.

In 17-0 that career earns a 74 overall, the 4th-highest safety rating at SMU since 1990 and No. 15 among all safeties of the 2025-Present era.

Season by Season

Isaiah Nwokobia season-by-season statistics at SMU
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
202122212
202210000
2023564.534
2024952.533
202580272
Total263111411

Seasons with tracked stats at SMU. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Rating by Era

  • 2020-2024 eraS74
  • 2025-Present eraS74

SMU Teammates

  1. 90Ahmaad Moses2022-25S
  2. 80Rashee Rice2019-22WR
  3. 75Isaiah Smith2022-25EDGE
  4. 75Brashard Smith2024RB
  5. 74Kevin Jennings2022-26QB
  6. 74Preston Stone2021-24QB
  7. 71Elijah Roberts2023-24EDGE
  8. 71Tanner Mordecai2021-22QB
  9. 70Danny Gray2020-21WR
  10. 70Kobe Wilson2023-24LB

Full SMU all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2025-Present Era

  1. 91Caleb DownsOhio State · 2024-25S
  2. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  3. 86Bishop FitzgeraldUSC · 2025S
  4. 83Michael TaaffeTexas · 2022-25S
  5. 83Jamel JohnsonTCU · 2023-25S
  6. 80Bray HubbardAlabama · 2023-25S
  7. 80Louis MooreIndiana · 2022-25S
  8. 80A.J. HaulcyLSU · 2025S

Best college safeties since 1990Best ACC players

Sources: Wikipedia and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.