Cleon Aloese: DL · Ohio · #92.
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Cleon Aloese
Wins the gap play after play. A two-star recruit with two seasons on the field at Ohio since. On tape: 5 tackles and 1.5 sacks against Kansas, Week 3, 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
28 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Eleven Warriors Oct 27
The Columbus Dispatch Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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 59-0vs Hampton | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-30vs Kansas | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 27-20@ Eastern Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-26vs Central Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-30@ Bowling Green | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-3vs Kent State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-28vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10vs Toledo | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 34-37@ Akron | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31@ Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-6vs UAB | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 28 | 13 | 5.0 | 2.0 | — | 3 |
Week 3 · 2017
W 42-30
vs Kansas
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Kansas at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%5 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry28 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 sacks.
2 seasons under Frank Solich — 17-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Solich
Pass share
36.9%
321 pass / 548 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
329 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Ohio, 3 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Frank Solich.
From Pago Pago, American Samoa — one of 16 players from American Samoa in FBS this season.
