Adrian Middleton: DT · Kentucky · #99.
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Adrian Middleton
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Three seasons in the Kentucky defensive front to date. A game that shows it: 2 tackles and 1 sack against Middle Tennessee — Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
10 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-20vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-16@ No. 25 Florida | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-7vs No. 14 Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-20@ Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 14-7vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 15-14@ Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-34vs No. 6 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-23vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
 Bowl | W 27-24vs No. 13 Penn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 7 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
40%4 TFLSack rate
20%2 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries10 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks.
3 seasons under Mark Stoops — 24-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
36.0%
295 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
63.0
13 games
Team sack rate
9.2%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kentucky, 70 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Stoops.
