Former linebacker at California. 2024: 17 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
6′4″ · 255 lb · Middletown, OH
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former linebacker at California. 2024: 17 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearCheikh Fall
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 1 sacks against NC State, Week 8, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at California, 17 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (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
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | 17 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 17 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-13vs UC Davis | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 38-39vs Miami | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 15-17@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 23-24vs NC State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 44-7vs Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 25-33vs Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21vs Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-38@ SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 13-24@ UNLV | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
Player DNA
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Braylon Ryan’s 2022 season.
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Differs from Braylon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Isaac Walker's graduate season at Jacksonville State (2025).
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Player DNA