#94

Bradley Weaver

Senior defensive lineman for Rutgers. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · Rutgers · Sr. · #94

6′4″ · 267 lb · Hilliard, OH

CFB Index 58 · #164 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Rutgers for 2026

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Tackles for loss: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

2.5

sacks · 2025

7 TFL · 28 tackles · 3 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 3 tackles, at Minnesota

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Rutgers. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio in 2021.
Transferred from Ohio to Rutgers in 2025.

His career, year by year

Bradley Weaver

DL · Rutgers · Sr · #94

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-MAC. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Ohio, Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Ohio3-9HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2022Ohio10-4HC: Tim Albin · Balanced

2023Ohio10-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-leaning

2024Ohio11-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-heavy

2025Rutgers5-7HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

58Quality starter #164 of 420?

Medium confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (90th percentile). Strength: sacks (85th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (26th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#277 / 2975 · 90th pct

7.0

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Tackles#1469 / 2975 · 49th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#2127 / 2975 · 26th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.4	0.4	0.1	0.1
Road5g	2.2	0.9	0.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.6	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	0.6	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

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

58 · #164 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #164 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #30 of 69 Big Ten DLs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Rutgers	28	9	7.0	2.5	1	--	--
2024	Ohio	44	23	15.5	9.0	--	--	--
2023	Ohio	34	17	13.0	6.0	--	--	--
2022	Ohio	14	8	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Ohio	10	4	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		130	61	37.0	17.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 60–10

vs Norfolk State

2 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 SACKS

Dominant 50-point win at home against Norfolk State.

With A. Kaliakmanis — 309 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 37.2 · 4 rush yds (4 car) · J. Benjamin — 68 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-31vs Ohio	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	W 45-17vs Miami (OH)	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 60-10vs Norfolk State	2	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	L 28-38vs Iowa	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 28-31@ Minnesota	3	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 7	L 19-38@ Washington	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-56vs Oregon	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 27-24@ Purdue	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 13-35@ Illinois	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 35-20vs Maryland	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 9-42@ Ohio State	2	1	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 36-40vs Penn State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		28	9	7.0	2.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

28Tackles

9Solo

7TFL

2.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

28 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.

Week 30.5 sacks
Week 52 sacks
Week 111 PD

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

Rutgers

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Rutgers

Returning around him

1 Rutgers player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +0 net (15 in / 15 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Rutgers · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #48 · 2026 recruiting class #36

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Denis Jaquez Jr.’s 2025 season.

Denis Jaquez Jr.

92%match

Syracuse · 2025

Isaiah McGuire

Missouri · 2021

NFL Rd 4

87%

Zach VanValkenburg

Iowa · 2021

All-Big Ten

86%

Marvin Jones Jr.

Oklahoma · 2025

85%

Caleb Tremblay

Tennessee · 2021

85%

Matches Denis on

Class year

Hurry rate

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Latrell Jean's graduate season at Temple (2024).

Latrell Jean

83%match

Temple · 2024

Nusi Malani

Washington State · 2024

76%

Demon Clowney

Charlotte · 2024

All-AAC

76%

Asyrus Simon

UTSA · 2024

75%

Aaron Hall

Duke · 2025

All-ACC

73%

Matches Latrell on

Sack rate

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Bradley Weaver

Tyler Baylor

Kent State · 2023

95%

Venson Sneed

Western Kentucky · 2025

94%

Jordan Walker

Rutgers · 2024

92%

Najee Story

Northwestern · 2022

92%

Denis Jaquez Jr.

Syracuse · 2025

92%

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

Bradley Weaver

20214 games

202413 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

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