Derrick Nnadi

Experience: 9 years

Height: 6-1

Age: 29

Weight: 317 lbs

College: Florida State

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YEAR	TEAM	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
2025	Kansas City Chiefs	15	16	10	6	0	0
2024	Kansas City Chiefs	17	10	2	8	0	0
2023	Kansas City Chiefs	17	25	12	13	1	1
2022	Kansas City Chiefs	17	22	8	14	0	0
2021	Kansas City Chiefs	17	36	19	17	3	0
2020	Kansas City Chiefs	15	47	23	24	0	0
2019	Kansas City Chiefs	16	47	17	30	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
2018	Kansas City Chiefs	16	35	17	18	0	0
TOTAL		130	238	108	130	5	2	1	0	0	0	0

Biography

CAREER TRANSACTIONS:

Signed by the Colts as an unrestricted free agent on March 13, 2026.
Acquired by the Kansas City Chiefs in a trade with the New York Jets on August 24, 2025.
Signed by the Jets as an unrestricted free agent on March 16, 2025.
Re-signed by Kansas City as an unrestricted free agent on March 19, 2024.
Re-signed by the Chiefs as an unrestricted free agent on March 23, 2023.
Re-signed by Kansas City as an unrestricted free agent on March 22, 2022.
Selected by the Chiefs in the third round (75th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.

2025 (CHIEFS):

2024 (CHIEFS):

Appeared in all 17 games and tallied 11 tackles (three solo). Also played in three postseason contests and registered four tackles (three solo).

2023 (CHIEFS):

Started all 17 games and totaled 29 tackles (16 solo), 1.0 tackle for loss, 1.0 sack and one pass defensed. In the postseason, he started one game and had one tackle.

2022 (CHIEFS):

Started all 17 contests and compiled 25 tackles (11 solo) and 1.0 tackle for loss. He also started three games in the postseason and registered three tackles (one solo), 1.0 tackle for loss and 1.0 sack.

2021 (CHIEFS):

Saw action in all 17 games (10 starts) and recorded 38 tackles (21 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks. In the postseason, he appeared in three games and tallied four tackles (two solo).

2020 (CHIEFS):

Started all 15 games he appeared in and totaled 47 tackles (23 solo). He also started three postseason contests and compiled 11 tackles (three solo).

2019 (CHIEFS):

Started all 16 games and collected 48 tackles (18 solo), 3.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, one pass defensed, one interception and one forced fumble. In the postseason, he started three games and registered seven tackles (four solo) and one tackle for loss.

2018 (CHIEFS):

As a rookie, he appeared in all 16 games (11 starts) and totaled 35 tackles (17 solo). He also started two postseason games and compiled eight tackles (one solo) and 1.0 tackle for loss.

COLLEGE:

Appeared in 48 games (37 starts) across four seasons at Florida State (2014-17) and recorded 165 tackles (74 solo), 24 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles.
On his way to earning third-team All-ACC in 2017, he started all 13 games for the Seminoles and notched 53 tackles (22 solo), 10.0 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and one forced fumble.
In 2016, he appeared in 13 games (11 starts) and recorded 49 tackles (26 solo), 10.5 tackles for loss, a career-high 6.0 sacks, one pass defensed, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. Also earned first-team All-ACC by the coaches and third team All-ACC by the media.
Started 13 games as a sophomore and compiled 45 tackles (18 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks and was named third-team All-ACC by the media.
As a freshman, he appeared in nine games and totaled 18 tackles (eight solo) and 1.5 tackles for loss.

PERSONAL:

Attended Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Va.
Was a consensus four-star defensive tackle recruit in the 2014 recruiting class.
Ranked the No. 4 prospect in Virginia by Rivals (No. 81 player overall) and No. 5 prospect in Virginia by 247Sports (No. 80 overall).
Majored in social science at Florida State.
Last name pronounced: NAH-dee.
A Virginia Beach, Va. native.

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