#98

Daishon Folsom

Former defensive tackle at Buffalo. 2024: 0.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

DT · Buffalo · Sr. · #98

6′2″ · 285 lb · Pensacola, FL

CFB Index 32 · #214 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceBuffalo 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive tackle at Buffalo. 2024: 0.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

Signed with Buffalo in 2021.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

DL recruit

Joined Buffalo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Buffalo, 79 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20219 games

Signed with Buffaloout of Hutchinson C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

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2021 class

CFB

College

Buffalo

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

1 coach

2021–2024

Maurice Linguist

Buffalo

Played his entire career under Maurice Linguist.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Maurice Linguist — 23-27 over that span.

2021Buffalo4-8HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-leaning

2022Buffalo7-6HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-leaning

2023Buffalo3-9HC: Maurice Linguist · Balanced

2024Buffalo9-4HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

32Below cohort / limited sample #214 of 285?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#1063 / 2892 · 61st pct

3.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Sacks#1282 / 2892 · 53rd pct

0.5

Tackles#1374 / 2892 · 52nd pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#2143 / 2892 · 24th 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.4	0.4	0.1	0.0
Road6g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.3	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

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

32 · #214 of 285 interior linemen

Unranked recruit. Now #214 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Buffalo	30	9	3.0	0.5	--	--	--
2023	Buffalo	15	8	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Buffalo	15	7	2.5	0.5	--	--	--
2021	Buffalo	19	9	2.5	2.0	--	--	--
Career		79	33	9.0	3.0	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	L 0-38@ Missouri	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	W 34-3vs Massachusetts	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 3-47@ UConn	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 30-15vs Toledo	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 41-48vs Western Michigan	4	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 16-47@ Ohio	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 41-30@ Akron	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 51-48vs Ball State	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 37-20@ Eastern Michigan	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 43-7vs Kent State	3	1	1.0	0.5	—
Bowl	W 26-7@ Liberty	3	1	1.0	0.0	—
Total		30	9	3.0	0.5	—

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

Daishon Folsom

20219 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

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