Senior defensive lineman on Liberty's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 245 lb · Jacksonville, FL · Fletcher HS
How he plays
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
QB hurries: 88th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
0.5 TFL · 10 tackles · 4 hurries
Best game: 4 tackles, at Louisiana Tech
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Liberty's 2025 roster.
Aaron Hester
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Aaron Hester has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Louisiana Tech — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Hugh Freeze → Jamey Chadwell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (1st percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jamey Chadwell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Liberty | 10 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Florida State | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 22 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 24-34@ Jacksonville State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-8@ UTEP | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 30-27vs New Mexico State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-21vs Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-34@ Louisiana Tech | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 42-48vs Kennesaw State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Liberty
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Liberty
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Liberty · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #79 · 2026 recruiting class #109
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Elijah Alston’s 2022 season.
Matches Elijah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah Alston's junior season at Marshall (2022).
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Player DNA
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