Senior defensive lineman on Charlotte's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 285 lb · Minneapolis, MN
The numbers
sacks · 2025
13 tackles
Best game: 4 tackles, vs North Texas
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Charlotte's 2025 roster.
Cheick Kaba
Wins his gap play after play. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against North Texas, Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Biff Poggi → Tim Albin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-34vs App State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-28vs Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-54@ South Florida | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-24@ Army | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 14-49vs Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-54vs North Texas | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-48@ East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kyon Barrs’s 2023 season.
Matches Kyon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Drew Hughes's sophomore season at Ball State (2024).
Matches Drew on
Player DNA