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Foyesade Oluokun

Linebacker, Jacksonville Jaguars · #23.

Player facts

Team: Jacksonville Jaguars
Position: Linebacker
Number: 23
Born: Aug 2, 1995 (age 31)
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO, USA
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 230 lbs
College: Yale
Experience: 9 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

Among the NFL leaders, 2026 Regular Season:

8th in interceptions 2

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS
Regular Season	34	22	12	0	1	0	2	27	13.5	0	22	2	0	0
Last 5 Games	34	22	12	0	1	0	2	27	13.5	0	0	2	0	0
Career	1103	661	442	11.5	13	6	10	196	19.6	1	51	42	58	72

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	vs PHI	W 19-17	10	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Oct 4	@ CIN	W 22-17	7	6	1	0	1	0	1	5	5.0	0	0	1	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs NE	W 35-6	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	@ DEN	L 20-13	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	vs CLE	W 34-10	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	22	22.0	0	0	1	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Foyesade Oluokun (born August 2, 1995) is an American professional football linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Yale Bulldogs, and was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Foyesade Oluokun, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Oluokun attended Forsyth School, an elementary school in Clayton, Missouri, where he played basketball, soccer and other outdoor activities. He began playing football at John Burroughs School, where he was a standout on special teams with future Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott.

College career

Oluokun played college football for Yale. He tore a pectoral muscle as a junior and was granted an extra semester. As a senior, he was a second-team all-Ivy League selection. He received a degree in economics from Yale, and declared for the 2018 NFL draft after the 2017 season. Oluokun noted that NFL front offices tend to assume that Ivy League players are a lower caliber of athletes, requiring him to work harder to prove his ability to play professionally.