Dezmond Tell: DL · Louisville · #99.
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Dezmond Tell
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches at Louisville: Scott Satterfield and Jeff Brohm. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Boston College — Week 9, 2024.
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
28 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisville | 28 | 14 | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | Louisville | 17 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | Louisville | 22 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | Louisville | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | Louisville | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 81 | 35 | 14.0 | 5.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-0vs Austin Peay | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-14vs Jacksonville State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-19vs Georgia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31@ No. 16 Notre Dame | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-20@ Virginia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 45-52vs No. 6 Miami | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 31-27@ Boston College | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 33-21@ No. 11 Clemson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-38@ Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-9vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-14@ Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-34vs Washington | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 14 | 4.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%4 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
7%2 hurries28 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
50.5%
426 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
64.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #273 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Louisville, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
