Chris Kantzavelos: DL · Central Michigan · #90.
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Chris Kantzavelos
Wins the gap play after play. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Central Michigan since. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Eastern Michigan — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Central Michigan | 34 | 17 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2016 | Central Michigan | 22 | 13 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 56 | 30 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 2 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-27vs Rhode Island | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-27@ Kansas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-41@ Syracuse | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-31vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 26-23@ Ohio | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-30vs Toledo | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 56-9@ Ball State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-28@ Western Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-30vs Eastern Michigan | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-23@ Kent State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 17 | 4.0 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Week 13 · 2017
W 31-24
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%4 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
9%3 hurries34 tackles · 4 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
2 seasons under John Bonamego, all balanced offenses — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
John Bonamego
Pass share
51.2%
470 pass / 448 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
503 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Central Michigan, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Enos → John Bonamego. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
