Former defensive lineman at Iowa State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′4″ · 325 lb · Kansas City, MO
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.
QB hurries: 88th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
0.5 TFL · 18 tackles · 4 hurries
Best game: 6 tackles, vs Iowa
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Iowa State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Domonique Orange
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. This is his fourth year in the same defensive front at Iowa State. 2025 brought the first one: All-Big 12. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Iowa, Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Iowa State, 1 sacks — drafted at #82 overall by Minnesota.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12
All-Big 12 mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Matt Campbell.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Minnesota2026 NFL rookie season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Matt Campbell — 30-21 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jimmy Rogers
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #311 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Iowa State | 18 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Iowa State | 24 | 13 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Iowa State | 16 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Iowa State | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 66 | 32 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 16–13
vs Iowa
3 SOLO · 6 TOT · 1 QB HUR
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With T. Perkins — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 65 LONG · R. Becht — 134 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 52.8 · 11 rush yds (5 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-21@ Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-13vs Iowa | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 24-16@ Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 39-14vs Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-24@ Colorado | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 27-41vs BYU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-24vs Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-17@ TCU | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ricky Correia’s 2021 season.
Matches Ricky on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Isaiah Gibson Sr.'s senior season at Marshall (2023).
Matches Isaiah on
Differs from Isaiah on
Player DNA