Senior defensive end on Navy's 2019 roster.
6′2″ · 261 lb · Mount Royal, NJ
Denzel Polk
He has spent two seasons in the Navy defensive front. The receipt: 5 tackles against UConn — Week 10, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Navy — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo, all run-heavy offenses — 14-12 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (12th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2019 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Newberry
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2019
W 34–25
vs Air Force
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 42-10vs East Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 23-35@ Memphis | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-25vs Air Force | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-10@ UConn | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 35-28vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-41@ Houston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 31-7vs Army | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |