Cyrus Durham

Redshirt junior defensive lineman for Akron. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

DL · Akron · R-Jr. · #1

6′3″ · 245 lb · Atherton, CA · St. Francis HS | College of San Mateo | Arizona

CFB Index 48 · #222 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Akron)

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How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

QB hurries: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

3.5

sacks · 2025

9 TFL · 32 tackles · 7 hurries

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 9 tackles, vs Central Michigan

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive lineman for Akron. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 32 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arizona in 2024.

His career, year by year

Cyrus Durham

DL · Akron · Jr · #1

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. He got to Akron by way of Arizona. The receipt: 9 tackles, 2 sacks against Central Michigan — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Akron5-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

48Rotational starter #222 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (95th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#69 / 2975 · 97th pct

Tackles for loss#142 / 2975 · 95th pct

9.0

Sacks#233 / 2975 · 91st pct

3.5

Tackles#1250 / 2975 · 57th pct

Solo tackles#1252 / 2975 · 56th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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	3.8	1.0	0.4	0.0
Road5g	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+3g	3.0	1.3	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #222 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #222 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Akron	32	17	9.0	3.5	--	--	--
Career		32	17	9.0	3.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 51–7

vs Duquesne

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 QB HUR

Dominant 44-point win at home against Duquesne.

With B. Finley — 219 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 22.7 · 13 rush yds (2 car) · J. Gant — 161 rush yds (13 car) · 3 TD

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 0-10vs Wyoming	4	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 0-68@ Nebraska	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 28-31@ UAB	2	0	1.0	0.5	—
Wk 4	W 51-7vs Duquesne	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 3-45@ Toledo	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 28-22vs Central Michigan	9	4	2.0	2.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 7	L 7-20vs Miami (OH)	3	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 28-42@ Ball State	4	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	L 35-42vs Kent State	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 19-16@ Bowling Green	4	3	2.0	0.0	—
Total		32	17	9.0	3.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

32Tackles

17Solo

9TFL

3.5Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

32 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 TFL.

Week 30.5 sacks
Week 62 sacks
Week 81 sack

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.

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to LaQuan Johnson’s 2021 season.

LaQuan Johnson

84%match

Central Michigan · 2021

Korver Demma

Central Michigan · 2025

77%

Jordan Boyd

Georgia Tech · 2025

77%

Anas Luqman

Ohio · 2025

76%

Dillon Springer

Georgia Southern · 2021

76%

Matches LaQuan on

Weight

Height

TFL rate

Differs from LaQuan on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Reggie Johnson's freshman season at Middle Tennessee (2025).

Reggie Johnson

86%match

Middle Tennessee · 2025

LaQuan Johnson

Central Michigan · 2021

75%

Korver Demma

Central Michigan · 2025

75%

Patrick Joyner Jr.

Utah State · 2021

72%

Charles Calhoun

Temple · 2025

72%

Matches Reggie on

TFL rate

Weight

Sack rate

Differs from Reggie on

Class year (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Cyrus Durham

Korver Demma

Central Michigan · 2025

77%

Background

2025: Appeared and started all 12 games… recorded 31 total tackles (17 solo, 14 assisted)… posted a team-high 8.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks… added a team-high nine quarterback hurries… recovered two fumbles for one yard… recorded a season-high nine tackles at Central Michigan (10/4). 2024 (A...

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The defensive line · Akron

#1Cyrus DurhamDL · R-Jr.9 tackles for loss · 2025
#5Ronald HullDL · Jr.3 tackles for loss · 2025
#8Jon'Trell MixonDL · R-Jr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#16Dahvon FrazierDE · R-So.1 tackle for loss · 2025
#94CJ MurphyDL · Jr.1 tackle for loss · 2025

20 more on the roster · Akron team page

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

2024

202510 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

Players who play like Cyrus Durham

Background

The defensive line · Akron