Segun Olubi

Career StatsD

Year	Team	GP	Tkl	Sacks	INT
Career		51	50	—	1
2025		17	11	0.0	0
2024		17	12	0.0	0
2023		15

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Salary-cap math on Segun Olubi's contract works out to a D+ Contract Value Index given the dead-cap exposure and term. A fourth-year linebacker earning $1.145M AAV on a one-year deal is a classic depth-chart gamble, and Olubi's 2025 season—11 tackles across 17 games—confirms he remains a replacement-level contributor with no statistical case for a larger role. At 26, he's past the developmental inflection point where modest production can still be excused as trajectory; he's a known quantity, and the known quantity is marginal. The linebacker market doesn't reward depth pieces at this salary point, making the deal itself relatively low-risk from a cap perspective, but the Contract Value Index grades poorly because there's little upside to justify even a modest allocation of resources. Media coverage centered on a pointed skepticism: Indianapolis already knew what it had in Olubi and elected to pass, a soft but telling signal about his ceiling that the Raiders appear to have accepted by slotting him into a roster-spot audition rather than any kind of targeted acquisition. Until he forces a different conversation in training camp, the consensus remains that practice squad is his far more likely destination, and one year at $1.145M represents value only insofar as the Raiders can absorb the sunk cost if he doesn't make the 53-man roster.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the D band — a quick read on where Segun's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Tape review and box-score baselines converge on a D performance grade for Segun Olubi. As a fourth-year linebacker with a replacement-level profile, Olubi lacks the instinctive range or coverage skills that separate above-average starters from depth rotations — his 2025 season marks him squarely in the backup-caliber tier where opportunities are contingent on injury or scheme-specific fits. His lone statistical strength is durability: he appeared in all 17 games, suggesting availability and a willingness to contribute wherever the Raiders deploy him, though that availability came while posting just 11 tackles — a low absolute number that underscores the minimal snap allocation and limited production expected from a reserve linebacker. The core weakness is tackling volume and impact; 11 tackles across a full season indicates either marginal playing time or ineffectiveness when on the field, neither of which projects favorably for a player competing for roster construction in a rebuilding phase. The media consensus, reinforced by Indianapolis declining to retain him despite roster familiarity, pins Olubi as a camp body and longshot to clear waivers — a "prove-it" audition with practice squad as the far more probable destination than any meaningful role in the Raiders' linebacker rotation. Unless he produces dramatically different tape this summer, the tepid C- sentiment and F performance grade will keep him locked in that same low-ceiling narrative heading into the regular season.

How Segun Compares at the Position

Segun Olubi ranks 323rd of 338 graded linebackers by performance. That slots Segun between Jack Cochrane (D) just ahead and Tommy Eichenberg (D) just behind.

Fan Sentiment

The public reception surrounding Segun Olubi's signing with Las Vegas has been lukewarm at best, landing him squarely in C- territory — a tepid response that accurately captures the low enthusiasm surrounding a depth move that generated little buzz in either direction. Five outlets picked up the story, and the dominant thread running through the coverage was a pointed question: why didn't Indianapolis re-sign a linebacker who already knew their system? That skepticism carries real weight, because a team passing on their own familiarity with a player is a soft but telling signal about his ceiling. On the field, his 2025 season — 11 tackles across 17 games — confirms the replacement-level profile the media is projecting, and his F performance grade does nothing to push back against the narrative that he's fighting for a roster spot rather than a starting role. The Raiders' recent offseason activity, a flurry of low-profile signings at receiver, tight end, safety, and offensive line, paints a picture of a roster-building exercise in the margins, which only reinforces the camp-body framing around Olubi rather than elevating his profile. Headlines framing this as "Raiders add another linebacker" rather than any kind of targeted acquisition tell you everything about where he stands in the pecking order. The narrative right now positions Olubi as a longshot to crack the 53-man roster, with practice squad the far more likely destination — and until he forces a different conversation on the field this summer, that's exactly where the consensus will stay.