#99

Coziah Izzard

Former defensive tackle at Penn State. 2024: 2 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DT · Penn State · Sr. · #99

6′3″ · 310 lb · Columbia, MD

CFB Index 38 · #193 of 285 interior linemenLow confidencePenn State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

DT recruit

No. 241 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at Penn State. 2024: 2 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Penn State, 75 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Penn State4-star out of DeMatha Catholic

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#241 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under James Franklin — 45-19 over that span.

2020Penn State4-5HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2023Penn State10-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2024Penn State13-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

38Below cohort / limited sample #193 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (84th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#419 / 2892 · 84th pct

6.0

Sacks#502 / 2892 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles#1494 / 2892 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1521 / 2892 · 46th pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.4	0.6	0.1	0.0
Road5g	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	0.6	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.3	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #193 of 285 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #193 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Penn State	28	14	6.0	2.0	--	--	--
2023	Penn State	16	7	3.5	3.0	--	--	--
2022	Penn State	10	7	4.0	2.0	--	--	--
2021	Penn State	21	11	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
2020	Penn State	--	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		75	39	16.5	9.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 17 · 2024

W 38–10

vs SMU

3 SOLO · 1 TFL · 5 TOT

Dominant 28-point win at home against SMU.

With N. Singleton — 90 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Allar — 127 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.3 · 10 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 34-12@ West Virginia	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	W 34-27vs Bowling Green	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 21-7vs Illinois	2	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 27-11vs UCLA	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 28-13@ Wisconsin	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 13-20vs Ohio State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 49-10@ Purdue	2	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	W 26-25@ Minnesota	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 44-7vs Maryland	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 38-10vs SMU	5	3	1.5	0.0	—
Bowl	W 31-14@ Boise State	3	1	0.5	0.0	—
Bowl	L 24-27vs Notre Dame	6	3	1.0	1.0	—
Total		28	14	6.0	2.0	—

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

Coziah Izzard

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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