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Heisman / Players / Bruno Dall /Akron

Bruno Dall

DL · Akron · So · #41

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

44 TACKLES · 3.5 SACKS

2026 RETURNINGReturning to Akron for 2026

2026 Outlook

Returning to Akron for 2026

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Akron

Returning around him

  • 37% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -3 net (15 in / 18 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Akron · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #104 · 2026 recruiting class #128

DL · AKRON · MID-AMERICAN

Bruno Dall

  • 2
  • #41
  • 6-7 | 250 lb
  • Hamburg

CFB Zeitgeist Score

77

All-Conference in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 91st percentile.

Heisman Heat

#13711

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

2 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2025

2024

Akron · DL

2025

Akron · DL

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#2227 national
CFB
College
Akron
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionDL
Class2
Jersey41
Measurements6-7 | 250 lb
HometownHamburg
Primary teamAkron

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 2227 recruit
Composite rating 0.8056 HighSchool
Signed with Akron 2023
Origin St Stanislaus Germany, GERM, USA
Class Profile Context
2023 3-star | 0.8056 No. 2227 recruit | HighSchool | Akron

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#13711Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#14188Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Akron

Composite

0.8056

#2227 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Bruno Dall

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Bruno Dall

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 12g
44Tackles
8Tackles for loss
3.5Sacks
Per game
4Tackles
0.7Tackles for loss
0.3Sacks
Projected (13g)
48Tackles
8.7Tackles for loss
3.8Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 44): needs 36/game over remaining 1.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 44): needs 56/game over remaining 1.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 3.5): needs 2.5/game over remaining 1.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 3.5): needs 6.5/game over remaining 1.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Bruno Dall is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Akron's defense, with 3.5 sacks, 8.0 tackles for loss, and 1 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #13711 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Honors spine 1 honors loaded

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 44 17 solo | #756/4942 (85th pct)
TFL 8.0 Backfield disruption | #198/4972 (96th pct)
Sacks 3.5 Pass-rush finish | #233/4972 (95th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender | Coverage splash | High-volume tackler against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defenderCoverage splashHigh-volume tackler

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
44 85th
SOLO
17 73rd
TFL
8.0 96th
SACK
3.5 95th
QBH
6 94th

Coverage & Takeaways

PD
6 93rd
INT
1 65th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1L 0-10vs Wyoming311.50.02
Wk 2L 0-68@ Nebraska310.00.01
Wk 3L 28-31@ UAB321.51.50
Wk 4W 51-7vs Duquesne522.01.01
Wk 5L 3-45@ Toledo000.00.00
Wk 6W 28-22vs Central Michigan821.00.00Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 7L 7-20vs Miami (OH)320.00.00
Wk 8L 28-42@ Ball State431.01.00
Wk 9W 24-16@ Buffalo320.00.01
Wk 11W 44-10vs Massachusetts211.00.00
Wk 12L 35-42vs Kent State200.00.00
Wk 13W 19-16@ Bowling Green810.00.011
Total44178.03.516
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2024Akron4-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning
2025Akron5-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Akron44178.03.561--
2024Akron932.01.01----
Career2 loaded seasons532010.04.571--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT 1 0 pick-six TD | #308/869 (65th pct)
Pass breakups 6 Coverage disruption | #144/2184 (93rd pct)
QB pressures 6 Quarterback hurries | #117/1878 (94th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 44 #756/4942 85th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 8.0 #198/4972 96th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 3.5 #233/4972 95th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Interceptions 1 #308/869 65th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Pass breakups 6 #144/2184 93rd pct Coveragevs FBS DEF
Defense QB hurries 6 #117/1878 94th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 17 #1252/4584 73rd pct Volumevs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

ALL-CONF HM

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

ALL-CONF HM · Rung 9 of 16

Why he’s here

All-Conference honorable mention / 2nd team — the recognition has started.

What moves him up

A best-at-position run lifts to 1st team.

What moves him down

A back-end conference finish drops out of the honor list.

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home6g3.80.90.20.5
Road6g3.50.40.40.5

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins5g5.20.80.20.6
Losses7g2.60.60.40.4

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-77g3.60.90.40.6
Weeks 8+5g3.80.40.20.4

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort

77All-Conference
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (94th). Strength: passes defended (93rd).

QB hurries#117 / 2975 · 95th pct
6defe
Passes defended#144 / 2975 · 94th pct
6defe
Tackles for loss#198 / 2975 · 93rd pct
8.0defe
Sacks#233 / 2975 · 91st pct
3.5defe
Tackles#756 / 2975 · 74th pct
44defe
Solo tackles#1252 / 2975 · 56th pct
17defe
Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct
1inte

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DL · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Bruno DallAkronJhalyn ShulerSouth Florida· 82% simSammy BrownClemson· 81% simCade UluaveCalifornia· 81% sim
QB hurries
95
Dall
95
Shuler
95
Brown
88
Uluave
Passes defended
94
Dall
98
Shuler
91
Brown
86
Uluave
Tackles for loss
93
Dall
94
Shuler
99
Brown
98
Uluave
Sacks
91
Dall
85
Shuler
97
Brown
89
Uluave
Tackles
74
Dall
99
Shuler
99
Brown
98
Uluave
Solo tackles
56
Dall
97
Shuler
98
Brown
94
Uluave
Interceptions
31
Dall
31
Shuler
31
Brown

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack; controls his gap and stacks blocks.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Adonijah Green’s 2025 season.

Adonijah Green

77%match

Louisville · 2025

#2

Jordan Ross

Tennessee · 2025

73%
#3

Williams Nwaneri

Nebraska · 2025

73%
#4

James Williams

Florida State · 2025

73%
#5

Ryder Anderson

Indiana · 2021

71%

Matches Adonijah on

Class year
Weight
TFL rate

Differs from Adonijah on

Sack rate (lower)
Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Ross's sophomore season at Tennessee (2025).

Jordan Ross

80%match

Tennessee · 2025

#2

Will Heldt

Purdue · 2024

All-ACC
78%
#3

Billy Koudelka

Virginia · 2025

77%
#4

Williams Nwaneri

Nebraska · 2025

76%
#5

Logan Fano

Utah · 2024

75%

Matches Jordan on

Class year
Sack rate
Weight

Differs from Jordan on

Height (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

Pass share

48.7%

402 pass / 423 run

Plays / game

68.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

9.2%

370 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

1 coach
2024
Joe Moorhead
Akron
2025
Joe Moorhead
Akron

Played his entire career under Joe Moorhead.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownHamburg
Height6'7"
Weight250 lb
Class2
PositionDL
Jersey41

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2025)

All-MAC

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

1 all-conference honor

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2025 All-MAC all_conference Akron | MAC DL

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Akron DL2 #13711 #14188 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mid-American
2023 Akron DL2 #14756 #14815 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mid-American

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Akron Mid-American DL 2 No. 41 | 6-7 | 250 lb | Hamburg
2024 Akron Mid-American DL 2 No. 41 | 6-7 | 250 lb | Hamburg
2023 Akron Mid-American DL 2 No. 41 | 6-7 | 250 lb | Hamburg