#99

Ahmad Moten

Senior defensive lineman for Miami. 2025: 4.5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

DL · Miami · Sr. · #99

6′3″ · 300 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 73 · #81 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Miami for 2026

Next upFri Sep 18 · 7:30 pm ETat Wake ForestAllegacy Federal Credit Union StadiumMiami by 21

The numbers

4.5

sacks · 2025

9 TFL · 31 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 2 tackles, at Pittsburgh

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Miami. 2025: 4.5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Miami in 2022.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

Ahmad Moten

DL · Miami · Sr · #99

Wins his gap play after play. This is his third year in the same defensive front at Miami. One game to point at: 5 tackles, 3 TFL against Virginia Tech — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mario Cristobal, all balanced offenses — 30-12 over that span.

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

73Quality starter #81 of 420?

Medium confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (95th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#136 / 2975 · 95th pct

4.5

Tackles for loss#142 / 2975 · 95th pct

9.0

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Solo tackles#1029 / 2975 · 64th pct

Tackles#1302 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.5	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road7g	2.3	0.9	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.2	0.4	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	1.1	0.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mario Cristobal

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #81 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #81 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #10 of 73 ACC DLs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Miami	31	20	9.0	4.5	--	--	--
2024	Miami	18	7	3.5	1.0	2	--	--
2023	Miami	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		51	28	12.5	5.5	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 24–14

at Ohio State

1 TOT · 0 TFL

With D. Joyce — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 60 LONG · C. Beck — 138 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · 23 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 27-24vs Notre Dame	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 2	W 45-3vs Bethune-Cookman	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 49-12vs South Florida	4	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 28-22@ Florida State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 21-24vs Louisville	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 42-7vs Stanford	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 41-7vs NC State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 34-17@ Virginia Tech	5	5	3.0	2.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 14	W 38-7@ Pittsburgh	2	1	1.5	1.5	—
Bowl	W 10-3@ Texas A&M	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 24-14@ Ohio State	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Bowl	W 31-27@ Ole Miss	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 21-27@ Indiana	5	3	1.0	0.0	—
Total		31	20	9.0	4.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

31Tackles

20Solo

9TFL

4.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 132 sacks
Week 141.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Miami

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Miami

Returning around him

9 Miami players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -8 net (12 in / 20 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Miami · Last season: 13-3 (AP #10) · Talent rank #12 · 2026 recruiting class #9

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Joshua Farmer’s 2024 season.

Joshua Farmer

74%match

Florida State · 2024

NFL Rd 4

Zion Wilson

East Carolina · 2025

All-AAC

74%

Brandon Brown

UTSA · 2024

All-AAC

73%

Brandon Lane

Wisconsin · 2025

73%

Peter Woods

Clemson · 2024

NFL Rd 1 · Pk 29

72%

Matches Joshua on

Sack rate

Height

Weight

Differs from Joshua on

Hurry rate (lower)

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Joshua Farmer's junior season at Florida State (2023).

Joshua Farmer

68%match

Florida State · 2023

All-ACCNFL Rd 4

Keeanu Benton

Wisconsin · 2022

All-Big TenNFL Rd 2 · Pk 18

67%

Omarr Norman-Lott

Arizona State · 2022

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 31

66%

DeWayne Carter

Duke · 2022

All-ACCNFL Rd 3 · Pk 32

66%

Joshua Harris

NC State · 2022

66%

Matches Joshua on

Class year

Weight

Sack rate

Differs from Joshua on

Hurry rate (higher)

TFL rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Ahmad Moten

Jayden Cofield

Texas Tech · 2025

83%

Jayvon Parker

Washington · 2024

81%

The defensive line · Miami

#99Ahmad MotenDL · Sr.9 tackles for loss · 2025
#10Damon Wilson Jr.DL · Sr.9 tackles for loss · 2025
#5Justin ScottDL · Jr.6.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#8Marquise LightfootDL · Jr.5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#97Keona DavisDL · Jr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025

14 more on the roster · Miami team page

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