Adisa Isaac: DE · Penn State · #20.
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Adisa Isaac
Turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Penn State. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big Ten again in 2023. On tape: 6 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Michigan, Week 11, 2023.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 16 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Penn State | 37 | 23 | 16.0 | 7.5 |
| 2022 | Penn State | 23 | 11 | 9.0 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | Penn State | 13 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 2019 | Penn State | 14 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| Career | 87 | 43 | 29.5 | 14.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-15vs West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-13@ Illinois | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-0vs No. 24 Iowa | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-13@ Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 63-0vs Massachusetts | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 8 | L 12-20@ No. 3 Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-24vs Indiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 51-15@ Maryland | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 15-24vs No. 2 Michigan | 6 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 12 | W 27-6vs Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-0vs Michigan State | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
 Bowl | L 25-38vs No. 11 Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 23 | 16.0 | 7.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
20%8 sacksTFL rate
43%16 TFLHurry rate
11%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
65%8 of 12 pressures37 tackles · 16 for loss · 7.5 sacks.
4 seasons under James Franklin — 36-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
44.6%
412 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
71.1
13 games
Team sack rate
3.1%
425 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #37 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Penn State, 14 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #93 overall by the Baltimore Ravens.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
Next stop · NFL
Baltimore RavensEntering 3rd NFL season
Baltimore RavensEntering 3rd NFL season
