Aeneas DiCosmo

Former defensive lineman at Vanderbilt. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

DL · Vanderbilt · Sr.

6′3″ · 247 lb · Montclair, NJ

CFB Index 59 · #104 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceVanderbilt 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive lineman at Vanderbilt. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

Transferred from Stanford to Vanderbilt in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Vanderbilt, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

202311 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Clark Lea

Vanderbilt

Played his entire career under Clark Lea.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2023Vanderbilt2-10HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo

2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #104 of 285?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (28th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#714 / 2892 · 73rd pct

1.5

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles for loss#1063 / 2892 · 61st pct

3.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Tackles#1753 / 2892 · 38th pct

Solo tackles#1999 / 2892 · 28th 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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Clark Lea

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #104 of 285 interior linemen

Career stats

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	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2024

W 40–35

vs Alabama

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out Alabama at home in a shootout.

With D. Pavia — 252 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.9 · 56 rush yds (20 car) · E. Stowers — 6 rec · 113 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Missouri	5	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 40-35vs 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 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 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

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

Aeneas DiCosmo

202311 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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