#96

Dominic Wiseman

5th-year defensive lineman for Kentucky. 2025: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

DL · Kentucky · 5th-year · #96

6′2″ · 298 lb · Davenport, IA

CFB Index 44 · #195 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceTransferred South Alabama → Kentucky for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ETat Texas A&MKyle FieldTexas A&M by 17

The numbers

sack · 2025

3 TFL · 23 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Tulane

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Kentucky. 2025: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 23 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Alabama in 2025.
Transferred from South Alabama to Kentucky in 2026.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 72nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Dominic Wiseman

DL · Kentucky · Sr · #96

Wins his gap play after play. He got to Kentucky by way of South Alabama. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Arkansas State, Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025South Alabama4-8HC: Major Applewhite · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #195 of 330?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Tackles#1813 / 2975 · 38th pct

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th 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	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Stein

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #195 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #195 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	South Alabama	23	11	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		23	11	3.0	1.0	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	L 31-33vs Tulane	2	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	L 15-31@ Auburn	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 22-36@ North Texas	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 24-31@ Troy	4	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 14-15vs Arkansas State	6	3	0.5	0.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	W 38-31@ Georgia State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 22-31vs Louisiana	3	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 42-35vs Southern Miss	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 26-49@ Texas State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Total		23	11	3.0	1.0	—

The defensive line · Kentucky

#90Mi'Quise GraceDL · Sr.7 tackles for loss · 2025
#94Tavion GadsonDL · Senior4 tackles for loss · 2025
#96Dominic WisemanDT · Fifth Year3 tackles for loss · 2025
#97Tyler ThomasDE · Senior3 tackles for loss · 2025
#6Ahmad BreauxDT · Junior2.5 tackles for loss · 2025

6 more on the roster · Kentucky team page

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

Dominic Wiseman

202510 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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The defensive line · Kentucky