Linebacker, UNLV, 2018–⁠22

Austin Ajiake

Number: No. 27
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 220 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Fremont, CA
Born: Jun 30, 2000

Austin Ajiake played linebacker at UNLV (2018–⁠22).

Best season: 124; Tackles, 2022 (UNLV, 5–⁠7)
National rank: No. 7; In FBS in tackles, 2022

20tackles, career highvs. Air Force, 2022 2sacks, career highat San José State, 2022

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

124

4–⁠84–⁠80–⁠62–⁠105–⁠7

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2018	UNLV	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
2019	UNLV	14	9	0	0	0	0	0
2020	UNLV	6	2	0	0	0	0	1
2021	UNLV	74	43	1	0	0	1	1
2022	UNLV	124	58	10	3	2	0	1
Career		223	115	11	3	2	1	3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	UNLV	27	LB	Yr 1
2019	UNLV	27	LB	Yr 2
2020	UNLV	27	LB	Yr 3
2021	UNLV	27	LB	Yr 4
2022	UNLV	27	LB	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′2″	220

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2022 UNLV 12 games, 124 tackles, 3 sacks, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 27	vs.Idaho State	W 52–⁠21	–	–	–	–	1	–
Sep 10	atCalifornia	L 14–⁠20	4	3	2	0	0	0
Sep 17	vs.North Texas	W 58–⁠27	12	3	0	0	0	0
Sep 24	atUtah State	W 34–⁠24	11	7	1	0	1	0
Sep 30	vs.New Mexico	W 31–⁠20	12	8	2	0	0	0
Oct 7	atSan José State	L 7–⁠40	13	6	2	2	0	0
Oct 15	vs.Air Force	L 7–⁠42	20	4	0	0	0	0
Oct 22	atNotre Dame	L 21–⁠44	7	5	0	0	0	0
Nov 5	atSan Diego State	L 10–⁠14	9	4	1	1	0	0
Nov 11	vs.Fresno State	L 30–⁠37	9	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 19	atHawai’i	L 25–⁠31	15	11	2	0	0	0
Nov 26	vs.Nevada	W 27–⁠22	12	3	0	0	0	0

2021 UNLV 8 games, 74 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 2	vs.Eastern Washington	L 33–⁠35	10	5	0	0
Sep 11	atArizona State	L 10–⁠37	9	6	0	0
Sep 18	vs.Iowa State	L 3–⁠48	6	2	0	0
Sep 24	atFresno State	L 30–⁠38	7	7	0	0
Oct 2	atUTSA	L 17–⁠24	4	3	0	1
Oct 16	vs.Utah State	L 24–⁠28	18	7	1	0
Oct 21	vs.San José State	L 20–⁠27	10	3	0	0
Oct 29	atNevada	L 20–⁠51	10	10	0	0

2020 UNLV 4 games, 6 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo
Oct 31	vs.Nevada	L 19–⁠37	1	0
Nov 14	atSan José State	L 17–⁠34	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Wyoming	L 14–⁠45	4	1
Dec 12	atHawai’i	L 21–⁠38	1	1

2019 UNLV 9 games, 14 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo
Aug 31	vs.Southern Utah	W 56–⁠23	2	2
Sep 7	vs.Arkansas State	L 17–⁠43	1	1
Oct 5	vs.Boise State	L 13–⁠38	1	0
Oct 18	atFresno State	L 27–⁠56	1	1
Oct 26	vs.San Diego State	L 17–⁠20	1	1
Nov 2	atColorado State	L 17–⁠37	3	0
Nov 16	vs.Hawai’i	L 7–⁠21	2	2
Nov 23	vs.San José State	W 38–⁠35	1	1
Nov 30	atNevada	W 33–⁠30	2	1

2018 UNLV 5 games, 5 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 22	atArkansas State	L 20–⁠27	1	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 6	vs.New Mexico	L 14–⁠50	2	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 13	atUtah State	L 28–⁠59	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 10	atSan Diego State	W 27–⁠24	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 17	atHawai’i	L 28–⁠35	–	–	–	–	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2023
Height	6′1½″
Weight	223 lb
Arm length	31⅝″
Hand size	9⅛″
Wingspan	76⅝″
40-yard dash	4.60 s
10-yard split	1.60 s
Vertical jump	38½″
Broad jump	10′3″
Bench press	13 reps
3-cone drill	7.15 s
20-yard shuttle	4.27 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 16 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2025	Indianapolis Colts	13	32	0.5
2026 (so far)	Indianapolis Colts	3	12	0
NFL career		16	44	0.5

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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