Aeneas DiCosmo: DL · Vanderbilt.
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Aeneas DiCosmo
Wins the gap play after play. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: David Shaw and Clark Lea. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against Alcorn State — Week 2, 2024.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 23 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 33 | 19 | 6.0 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2022 | Stanford | 26 | 13 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | Stanford | 2 | -- | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 84 | 42 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-27vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-0vs Alcorn State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 32-36@ Georgia State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-30@ No. 7 Missouri | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-35vs No. 1 Alabama | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-13@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs No. 5 Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-7@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-36vs No. 7 Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 35-27vs Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%3 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry23 tackles · 3 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
39.8%
304 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
58.7
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
326 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons, at Stanford and Vanderbilt, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: David Shaw and Clark Lea.
