Mateen Ibirogba
Texas Tech Red Raiders
87
Great

Mateen Ibirogba

Texas Tech Red RaidersContender
NTDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Wake Forest
Projected Starter

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Mateen Ibirogba is the projected starter at NT for Texas Tech Red Raiders.

Redshirt senior · #98 · 6'4", 300 lbs

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Depth at NT · Texas Tech Red Raiders

  1. 19887Mateen IbirogbaStarter
  2. 25178Jayden Cofield
  3. 3177Julien Laventure

Texas Tech Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the Big 12

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Up next for Texas Tech

Texas Tech plays West Virginia at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 09:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 21 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Team Share3%
Clarksburg, MD
Jersey
#98
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
300 lbs
Transfer
Wake Forest

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—213.52

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

High School
Clarksburg
Hometown
Clarksburg, MD

Why this rating?

On a 85-rated defense; 78th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.87 for competition level) put them +2 vs unit starters → 87.

Team defense (SP+)
85
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 78% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WARIZTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-26

Oct 24LCINTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 37-24

Oct 17WASUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 53-25

Oct 3WCOLOTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 29-7

Sep 26WSHSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-14

Sep 19WHOUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-26

Sep 5WACUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 33-10

Mateen Ibirogba's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

21 tkl · 3.5 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement43%
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