#47

Cody Stufflebean

Senior defensive end for Kansas State. 2025: 4.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

DE · Kansas State · Sr. · #47

6′4″ · 260 lb · Mcpherson, KS

CFB Index 51 · #205 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to Kansas State for 2026

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

Sacks: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

4.5

sacks · 2025

4.5 TFL · 22 tackles · 5 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 2 tackles, vs North Dakota

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Kansas State. 2025: 4.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to McPherson in 2020.

His career, year by year

Cody Stufflebean

DE · Kansas State · Sr · #47

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Fourth year in the Kansas State defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Army, Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Chris Klieman — 34-18 over that span.

2022Kansas State10-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2023Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2024Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2025Kansas State6-6HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #205 of 420?

Medium confidenceSustained Ascent7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (95th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (92nd percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#136 / 2975 · 95th pct

4.5

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles for loss#648 / 2975 · 77th pct

4.5

Solo tackles#1348 / 2975 · 53rd pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles#1869 / 2975 · 36th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.0
Road5g	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Collin Klein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #205 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #205 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #9 of 22 Big 12 DEs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	Kansas State	22	16	4.5	4.5	--	--	--
2024	Kansas State	19	11	3.5	2.0	--	--	--
2023	Kansas State	19	14	2.5	2.0	--	--	--
2022	Kansas State	4	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		64	43	10.5	8.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 38–35

vs North Dakota

1 QB HUR · 2 TFL · 2 SACKS

Edged out North Dakota at home in a shootout.

With A. Johnson — 318 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.1 · 43 rush yds (7 car) · S. McClannan — 41 AVG · 43 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24vs Iowa State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 1	W 38-35vs North Dakota	2	2	2.0	2.0	—	2 sacks
Wk 2	L 21-24vs Army	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	L 17-23@ Arizona	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 34-20vs UCF	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 34-35@ Baylor	4	4	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 9	W 42-17@ Kansas	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 14-6@ Oklahoma State	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 47-51@ Utah	3	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 14	W 24-14vs Colorado	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Total		22	16	4.5	4.5	—

How he plays

Play style

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

22Tackles

16Solo

4.5TFL

4.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.

Week 12 sacks
Week 61 sack
Week 121 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

Kansas State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Kansas State

Returning around him

2 Kansas State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -6 net (27 in / 33 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Kansas State · Last season: 6-6 (AP #17) · Talent rank #47 · 2026 recruiting class #50

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kristin Booth’s 2024 season.

Kristin Booth

79%match

Southern Miss · 2024

Chico Bennett Jr.

Virginia · 2022

78%

Cedric Johnson

Ole Miss · 2021

NFL Rd 6

78%

Jared Ivey

Ole Miss · 2024

78%

Isaiah Smith

SMU · 2023

76%

Matches Kristin on

Sack rate

Pressure-to-sack conversion

TFL rate

Differs from Kristin on

Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Keegan Davis's senior season at Florida International (2025).

Keegan Davis

83%match

Florida International · 2025

All-Conference USA

Averie Habas

Southern Miss · 2023

79%

Jason Vaughn

South Florida · 2023

76%

Jereme Robinson

Kansas · 2023

75%

TJ Guy

Michigan · 2024

75%

Matches Keegan on

TFL rate

Weight

Pressure-to-sack conversion

Differs from Keegan on

Hurry rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Cody Stufflebean

Gilber Edmond

South Carolina · 2024

88%

Zach Durfee

Washington · 2025

85%

Amorie Morrison

Old Dominion · 2024

83%

Van Fillinger

Utah · 2024

80%

Zuriah Fisher

Penn State · 2025

79%

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

2020

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Versatile End

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