Adam Plant

Senior defensive lineman for UNLV. 2022: 8 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 56 tackles.

DL · UNLV · Sr. · #7

6′5″ · 260 lb · Las Vegas, NV

CFB Index 78 · #53 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceUNLV 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 705 nationally · Signed with TCU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for UNLV. 2022: 8 sacks, 12.5 tackles for loss, 56 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to TCU in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UNLV, 15 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with TCU3-star out of Bishop Gorman

202211 games

All-Mountain West

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#705 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019

Tony Sanchez

UNLV

2020–2022

Marcus Arroyo

UNLV

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Tony Sanchez → Marcus Arroyo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020UNLV0-6HC: Marcus Arroyo · Run-leaning

2021UNLV2-10HC: Marcus Arroyo · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022UNLV5-7HC: Marcus Arroyo · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

78All-Conference level #53 of 387?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (98th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#30 / 2755 · 99th pct

8.0

Tackles for loss#42 / 2755 · 98th pct

12.5

Solo tackles#409 / 2755 · 84th pct

Tackles#427 / 2755 · 84th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.0	1.3	0.6	0.0
Road6g	5.2	1.0	0.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.9	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	7.2	1.4	1.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dan Mullen

Pass share

41.6%

87 pass / 122 run

Plays / game

69.7

3 games

Team sack rate

9.3%

108 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

78 · #53 of 387 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #53 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UNLV	56	33	12.5	8.0	--	--	--
2021	UNLV	45	26	7.5	3.5	--	--	--
2020	UNLV	31	12	7.0	3.5	--	--	--
2019	TCU	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		135	73	27.0	15.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 52–21

vs Idaho State

1 TFL · 1 SACKS · 1 SOLO

Dominant 31-point win at home against Idaho State.

With D. Brumfield — 356 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.8 · 10 rush yds (4 car) · R. White — 8 rec · 182 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 52-21vs Idaho State	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	L 14-20@ California	4	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	W 58-27vs North Texas	4	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 34-24@ Utah State	4	4	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 5	W 31-20vs New Mexico	5	2	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 7-40@ San José State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 21-44@ Notre Dame	8	5	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 10-14@ San Diego State	7	7	3.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 11	L 30-37vs Fresno State	9	3	2.0	1.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 12	L 25-31@ Hawai'i	6	5	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	W 27-22vs Nevada	6	2	1.0	1.0	—
Total		56	33	12.5	8.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology