Conor Sheehy: DE · Wisconsin · #94.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Conor Sheehy
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Second year in the same defensive front at Wisconsin. A game that shows it: 6 tackles against Ohio State — Week 14, 2017.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
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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 · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-10vs Utah State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 40-6@ BYU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 33-24vs Northwestern | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-17@ Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-9vs Purdue | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-13vs Maryland | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-10@ Illinois | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-17@ Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-14vs No. 25 Iowa | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-10vs No. 19 Michigan | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-0@ Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-27vs No. 8 Ohio State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
 Bowl | W 34-24@ No. 11 Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 15 | 5.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
4%2 sacksTFL rate
16%6 TFL35 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Paul Chryst, all run-heavy offenses — 24-4 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
35.8%
324 pass / 582 run
Plays / game
64.7
14 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
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 Wisconsin, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Andersen → Paul Chryst. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
