Safety, SMU, 2021–25
Isaiah Nwokobia
- Number
- No. 12
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Dallas, TX
Isaiah Nwokobia played safety at SMU (2021–25).
Career highs
13tackles, career hightwice; last at Duke, 2024Team titles: American champions, 2023
Defense
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SMU | 12 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2022 | SMU | 12 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2023 | SMU | 12 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2024 | SMU | 12 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2025 | SMU | 12 | S | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′1″ | 205 |
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
2025 SMU 11 games, 80 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. East Texas A&M | W 42–13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Baylor | L 45–48 | 12 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 13 | at Missouri State | W 28–10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | at TCU | L 24–35 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Syracuse | W 31–18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 11 | vs. Stanford | W 34–10 | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | at Clemson | W 35–24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | at Wake Forest | L 12–13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | vs. Miami | W 26–20 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at Boston College | W 45–13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | at California | L 35–38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 SMU 13 games, 95 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24 | at Nevada | W 29–24 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 31 | vs. Houston Christian | W 59–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. BYU | L 15–18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | vs.TCU | W 66–42 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs. Florida State | W 42–16 | 7 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 5 | at Louisville | W 34–27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | atStanford | W 40–10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | at Duke | W 28–27 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 48–25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 16 | vs.Boston College | W 38–28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | at Virginia | W 33–7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs.California | W 38–6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 21 ✦ | at Penn State | L 10–38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 SMU 12 games, 56 tackles, 1 sack, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 38–14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | atTCU | L 17–34 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Charlotte | W 34–16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | at East Carolina | W 31–10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | at Temple | W 55–0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Tulsa | W 69–10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at Rice | W 36–31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 10 | vs. North Texas | W 45–21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at Memphis | W 38–34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | vs. Navy | W 59–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dec 2 | at Tulane | W 26–14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs.Boston College | L 14–23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 SMU 3 games, 10 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | atNorth Texas | W 48–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Lamar | W 45–16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Maryland | L 27–34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 SMU 8 games, 22 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Abilene Christian | W 56–9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs.North Texas | W 35–12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | atLouisiana Tech | W 39–37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 25 | atTCU | W 42–34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs. South Florida | W 41–17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | atNavy | W 31–24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs.Tulane | W 55–26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | at Houston | L 37–44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2026 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅜″ |
| Weight | 206 lb |
| Arm length | 31⅛″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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