TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the New York Jets in the sixth round (180th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft, April 28, 2018…Signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an unrestricted free agent, March 17, 2022…Released by the Jaguars, March 4, 2024…Signed by the Houston Texans as an unrestricted free agent, March 19, 2024…Re-signed by the Texans as an unrestricted free agent, May 13, 2025…Signed by the as Vegas Raiders as an unrestricted free agent, Aug. 15, 2026.
CAREER: Veteran defensive tackle enters his ninth season in the NFL and first with the Raiders after being drafted in the sixth round (180th overall) by the New York Jets in the 2018 NFL Draft…Over his eight seasons in the league, he has spent time with the New York Jets (2018-21), Jacksonville Jaguars (2022-23) and Houston Texans (2024-25)…In 90 career games (64 starts), owns 194 total tackles (111 solo), 28 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks, 23 QB hits, seven passes defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery…Last season (2025), played in four games (one start) and recorded eight tackles (five solo), 1.5 sacks, two QB hits and one tackle for loss before suffering a season-ending injury…In 2024, started in all 11 games he played in for the Texans and recorded 24 tackles, including four tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and three quarterback hits…In 2023, started in all 16 games he played in for the Jaguars, recording 24 tackles (16 solo), three tackles for loss, two quarterback hits and one pass defensed…In 2022, Saw action in 14 regular season games (13 starts) and both postseason games for the Jaguars, posting 24 tackles (13 solo), a career-high three passes defensed, two tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks…In 2021, Started in 15 games with the Jets and finished the season with 46 tackles, including five tackles for loss and registered a single-season career high with 15 quarterback pressures…In 2020, played in 15 games (eight starts) with the Jets and finished the season with 42 total tackles, 2.0 sacks, two passes defensed, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble…Saw action in 14 games for the Jets in 2019 and tallied 27 total tackles, 1.0 sack and one pass defensed…Played in just one game as a rookie with the Jets in 2018.
2025 (with Hou.): Played in four games (one start) and recorded eight tackles (five solo), 1.5 sacks, two QB hits and one tackle for loss before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury…(9/7) at LAR: Tallied three tackles (two solo), including 1.0 sack, one tackle for loss and one quarterback hit…(9/15) vs. TB: Recorded three solo tackles…(9/21) at Jax.: Posted one tackle, 0.5 sack and one quarterback hit…(9/28) vs. Ten.: Logged one tackle.
2024 (with Hou.): Started in all 11 games he played in and recorded 24 tackles, including four tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and three quarterback hits…(9/8) at Ind.: Logged four tackles, 1.0 sack, one tackle for loss and one quarterback hit…(10/6) vs. Buf.: Logged four tackles, including one tackle for loss…(10/20) at GB: Posted four tackles, including one tackle for loss…(10/27) vs. Ind.: Logged one solo tackle, one quarterback hit and one tackle for loss…Postseason: (1/11/25) vs. LAC: Made his first career playoff start in the AFC Wild Card playoff win over the Chargers and logged two solo tackles…(1/18/25) at KC: Started in the AFC Divisional Round and recorded one tackle.
2023 (with Jax.): Started in all 16 games he played in, recording 24 tackles (16 solo), three tackles for loss, two quarterback hits and one pass defensed…(9/10) at Ind.: Started on the defensive line and recorded three total tackles with one quarterback hit in the season opener…(9/24) vs. Hou.: Started on the defensive line and posted two solo tackles, including a tackle for loss…(11/12) vs. SF: Started on the defensive line and recorded one tackle, one quarterback hit and one pass defensed.
2022 (with Jax.): Saw action in 14 regular season games (13 starts) and both postseason games, posting 24 tackles (13 solo), a career-high three passes defensed, two tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks…(9/11) at Was.: Started at defensive tackle and recorded three solo tackles and one pass defensed…(9/18) vs. Ind.: Started on the defensive line and recorded one solo tackle and one pass defensed…(10/30) vs. Den.: Started at defensive end and recorded five total tackles (one solo) and one pass defensed…(12/11) at Ten.: Started at defensive end and recorded one solo tackle and 1.0 sack…Postseason: Finished the playoffs with five tackles (one solo) and one quarterback hit…(1/14/23) vs. LAC: Recorded two tackles, 0.5 sack and one quarterback hit in the AFC Wild Card Round…(1/21) at KC: Posted three tackles (one solo) in the Divisional Round.
2021 (with NYJ): Started in 15 games and finished the season with 46 tackles, including five tackles for loss and registered a single-season career high with 15 quarterback pressures…(10/3) at Ten: Recorded a season-high five total tackles (four solo)…(12/12) vs. NO: Matched his season high with five tackles and added one tackle for loss…(1/2/22) vs. TB: Tallied four tackles and a season-high two tackles for loss.
2020 (with NYJ): Played in 15 games (eight starts) and finished the season with 42 total tackles, 2.0 sacks, two passes defensed, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble…(11/9) vs. NE: Established a single-game career high with seven total tackles (four solo) and forced a fumble…(11/29) vs. Mia.: Recorded four tackles (one solo) and notched his first sack of the season along with one tackle for loss and two quarterback hits…(12/13) at Sea.: Recorded two tackles for loss and two quarterback hits.
2019 (with NYJ): Saw action in 14 games and tallied 27 total tackles, 1.0 sack and one pass defensed…(12/22) vs. Pit.: Posted a season high in tackles (four) and notched his first sack of the season, adding a tackle for loss and quarterback hit.
2018 (with NYJ): Played in one game as a rookie…(11/25) vs. NE: Made his NFL debut.
COLLEGE: Played four seasons at Connecticut (2014-17), where he played in 48 games, totaling 170 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 14.0 sacks, and four forced fumbles and a blocked kick earning an All-American Athletic Conference honorable mention (2015), NEFWA Gold Helmet Award (2017) and an invitation to the East-West Shrine Game (2017)…In 2016, started all 12 games at defensive tackle and completed the season with 43 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, four quarterback hurries and a blocked kick…Played in all 12 games on the defensive line in 2014 and posted 31 tackles, including three tackles for loss.
PERSONAL: Attended Beach Channel High School, where he Had 78 tackles as a senior with ten sacks and was named Second Team All-Queens/Long Island by the New York Daily News and played in the Empire Challenge All-Star Game…His younger brother Olakunle attended Rutgers University and currently plays for the Los Angeles Rams.
