Senior defensive lineman for South Alabama. 2025: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.
6′3″ · 275 lb · Birmingham, AL
The numbers
sack · 2025
2.5 TFL · 14 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 2 tackles, at UL Monroe
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for South Alabama. 2025: 1 sack, 2.5 tackles for loss, 14 tackles.
How he plays
Disrupts the pocket from the interior.
QB hurries: 72nd percentile.
The full scouting readEmmanuel Waller
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Emmanuel Waller has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Arkansas State — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kane Wommack → Major Applewhite. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (4th 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 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Alabama | 14 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | UAB | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | UAB | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 22 | 7 | 3.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 38–21
vs Morgan State
1 QB HUR · 1 TOT · 1 REC
With D. Voisin — 7 rec · 69 yds · 1 TD · A. Pulkkinen — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-21vs Morgan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 15-31@ Auburn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-38vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 22-36@ North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ Troy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-15vs Arkansas State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 26-14@ UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-35vs Southern Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 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.
2026 Outlook
South Alabama
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · South Alabama
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Alabama · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #107 · 2026 recruiting class #77
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Sione Lolohea’s 2022 season.
Matches Sione on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to J'Mond Tapp's junior season at Southern Miss (2025).
Matches J'Mond on
Differs from J'Mond on
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