#17

Christopher Boti

Senior defensive tackle for Arkansas State. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

DT · Arkansas State · Sr. · #17

6′1″ · 274 lb · Columbia, MD

CFB Index 80 · #36 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Arkansas State for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

2.5

sacks · 2025

3 TFL · 37 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 3 tackles, at Troy

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Arkansas State. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 37 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Liberty in 2021.

His career, year by year

Christopher Boti

DT · Arkansas State · Sr · #17

Wins his gap play after play. Christopher Boti has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Southeast Missouri State — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Liberty8-5HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning

2023Liberty13-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2024Liberty8-4HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy

2025Arkansas State7-6HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

80All-Conference level #36 of 330?

Low confidenceBreakout6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (85th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

Tackles#1007 / 2975 · 65th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.1	0.2	0.2	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	2.7	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #36 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #36 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #2 of 15 Sun Belt DTs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arkansas State	37	10	3.0	2.5	1	--	--
2024	Liberty	36	16	0.5	0.5	1	--	--
2023	Liberty	14	3	3.5	2.5	--	--	--
2021	Liberty	17	5	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		104	34	8.0	6.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 42–24

vs Southeast Missouri State

1 SOLO · 5 TOT

With J. Raynor — 345 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.0 · 17 rush yds (4 car) · J. Waller — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Southeast Missouri State	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	L 14-56@ Arkansas	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 16-24vs Iowa State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 21-28@ Kennesaw State	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 16-28@ UL Monroe	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-30vs Texas State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 15-14@ South Alabama	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 34-24vs Georgia Southern	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 23-10@ Troy	3	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-27vs Southern Miss	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 30-34vs Louisiana	4	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 14	W 30-29@ App State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 34-28vs Missouri State	4	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		37	10	3.0	2.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

37Tackles

10Solo

3TFL

2.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

37 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 21 PD
Week 101 sack
Week 130.5 sacks

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.

2026 Outlook

Arkansas State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Arkansas State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -12 net (25 in / 37 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Arkansas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #91 · 2026 recruiting class #85

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Amon Williams’s 2025 season.

Amon Williams

88%match

Kent State · 2025

Scott Hudson

Ball State · 2025

86%

Elijah Chatman

SMU · 2022

All-AAC

86%

James Tomasi

Air Force · 2024

85%

Isaiah Johnson

North Carolina · 2025

82%

Matches Amon on

Class year

Weight

Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Voi Tunuufi's senior season at Washington (2024).

Voi Tunuufi

87%match

Washington · 2024

Terrion Thompson

Western Kentucky · 2024

82%

Tyrone Taleni

USC · 2023

79%

David Green

Pittsburgh · 2023

79%

Deonte Anderson

Mississippi State · 2025

78%

Matches Voi on

Class year

Sack rate

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Christopher Boti

Amon Williams

Kent State · 2025

88%

Scott Hudson

Ball State · 2025

86%

Nico Ezidore

Texas State · 2021

82%

Dashaun Mallory

Michigan State · 2022

82%

Tyrone Taleni

USC · 2023

82%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

20216 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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