#50

Brock Boxen

Senior defensive lineman for Akron. 2018: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · Akron · Sr. · #50

6′3″ · 290 lb · New Galilee, PA

Akron 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1712 nationally · Signed with Akron

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Akron. 2018: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Akron in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Akron, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Akron3-star out of Beaver Falls

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1712 national

CFB

College

Akron

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Terry Bowden

Akron

Played his entire career under Terry Bowden.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Terry Bowden, all balanced offenses — 16-22 over that span.

2016Akron5-7HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

2017Akron7-7HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

2018Akron4-8HC: Terry Bowden · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (27th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#519 / 2662 · 76th pct

Sacks#683 / 2662 · 72nd pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#779 / 2662 · 68th pct

4.0

Tackles#1401 / 2662 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#1658 / 2662 · 36th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Akron	29	13	4.0	1.5	3	--	--
2017	Akron	34	11	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Akron	23	12	4.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		86	36	8.0	3.5	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 41–7

vs Morgan State

5 TOT · 2 SOLO

Dominant 34-point win at home against Morgan State.

With K. Nelson — 232 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · 42 rush yds (9 car) · N. Gasser — 30 LONG · 66 PCT · 11 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week