Damian Ilalio is a defensive tackle who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Kansas State.
Ilalio wins the gap play after play. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Kansas State. On tape: 3 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Texas Tech, Week 10, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kansas State | 20 | 14 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 2024 | Kansas State | 34 | 19 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | Kansas State | 9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 65 | 40 | 7.5 | 3.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-24vs No. 22 Iowa State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-24vs Army | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-23@ Arizona | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-20vs UCF | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-35@ Baylor | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 41-28vs TCU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-17@ Kansas | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 20-43vs No. 13 Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 14-6@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-14vs Colorado | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 14 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%2 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry20 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Chris Klieman — 34-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Klieman
Pass share
46.4%
342 pass / 395 run
Plays / game
61.4
12 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
361 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #236 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #18 of 22 Big 12 DTs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,765 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Big 12 as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chris Klieman.
