Nick Okeke

Position:
Linebacker
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
249
Hometown:
Smyrna, Tenn.
High School:
Smyrna
Prev School:
Louisville

SENIOR (2022)

Started all 11 games
Recorded 28 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks
Led the team with 6 QB Hurries
Had a season-high 6 stops at Youngstown State

AT LOUISVILLE (2017-21)

Played in 45 career games, including 12 starts and made 115 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for loss
Played in all 12 games in 2021 and made a season-high 5 tackles at Wake Forest
Credited with 30 tackles in 11 games in 2020 and made four starts at outside linebacker ... Had 5 tackles against Miami and Georgia Tech, and 3 apiece at Pitt, at Notre Dame and against Florida State
Played in 12 games in 2019, making two starts versus Notre Dame and Eastern Kentucky ... finished with a team-high seven tackles, a sack and a quarterback hurry against Notre Dame ... tallied seven tackles at Florida State .
Played in 12 games, six coming as a starter in 2018 ... Recorded 42 tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss in his first collegiate season ... Had eight tackles in his first start at Virginia ... equaled his personal best with eight stops against Georgia Tech ... credited with six tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss at Boston College ... combined for nine tackles (5 versus NC State and 4 versus Kentucky) in the final two games.
Redshirted in 2017.

High School: Attended Smyrna High ... played for Matt Williams at Smyrna ... two-star prospect by 247 Sports... rated the No. 71 player in Tennessee and the No. 158 outside linebacker ... re-classified as a 2018 recruit ... played safety at the high school level ... guided team to a 7-4 record as a senior ... recorded 53 tackles and a pair of interceptions as a senior ... caught 18 passes for 397 yards and six touchdowns on offense ... earned all-region accolades.