#95

Chris Slayton

Former defensive lineman at Syracuse. 2018: 3.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DL · Syracuse · Sr. · #95

6′4″ · 309 lb · University Park, IL

New York — drafted 2019, Rd 7, Pick 31, #245 overall

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 577 nationally · Signed with Syracuse

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Syracuse. 2018: 3.5 sacks, 8 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Syracuse in 2014.
Drafted round 7 by the New York in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Syracuse, 8 sacks — drafted at #245 overall by New York.

His career

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

2014

Signed with Syracuse3-star out of Crete-Monee

2019

Drafted by New Yorkround 7, pick 245

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#577 national

CFB

College

Syracuse

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #245

New York · 2019

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Dino Babers

Syracuse

Played his entire career under Dino Babers.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 8th NFL season

#245Rd 7 · Pick 31

New YorkEntering 8th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Dino Babers — 18-19 over that span.

2016Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Syracuse10-3HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#60 / 2662 · 97th pct

Sacks#255 / 2662 · 89th pct

3.5

Tackles for loss#269 / 2662 · 89th pct

8.0

Solo tackles#1415 / 2662 · 46th pct

Tackles#1671 / 2662 · 36th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th 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
Home6g	2.5	1.0	0.4	0.0
Road4g	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.8	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	0.9	0.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Syracuse	24	16	8.0	3.5	--	--	--
2017	Syracuse	28	18	8.5	1.0	1	--	--
2016	Syracuse	33	18	10.0	4.0	1	--	--
Career		85	52	26.5	8.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2018

W 34–18

vs West Virginia

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL

With E. Dungey — 303 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · 22 rush yds (17 car) · S. Hofrichter — 39 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week