Brett Kulka: DL · Maryland · #96.
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Brett Kulka
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The four seasons at Maryland span three head coaches: D.J. Durkin, Matt Canada and Mike Locksley. On tape: 4 tackles and 1 sack against Ohio State, Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 79-0vs Howard | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-20@ Temple | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 0-59vs No. 12 Penn State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-7@ Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-40@ Purdue | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-52@ No. 17 Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-38vs No. 14 Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-73@ No. 3 Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 7-54vs Nebraska | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-19@ Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 15 | 7.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
32%7 TFLSack rate
9%2 sacksHurry rate
9%2 hurries22 tackles · 7 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Pass share
44.9%
342 pass / 420 run
Plays / game
63.5
12 games
Team sack rate
9.8%
398 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Maryland, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: D.J. Durkin, Matt Canada, and Mike Locksley. Multi-era developmental context.
