#93

Emmit Gooden

Senior defensive lineman for Tennessee. 2018: 1 sack, 7 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

DL · Tennessee · Sr. · #93

6′3″ · 290 lb · Brownsville, TN

Tennessee 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive lineman for Tennessee. 2018: 1 sack, 7 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Tennessee, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Tennessee

2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Tennessee5-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#350 / 2662 · 86th pct

7.0

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles#1205 / 2662 · 54th pct

Solo tackles#1330 / 2662 · 48th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.8	0.8	0.1	0.0
Road2g	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.0	0.8	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	0.6	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Tennessee	33	17	7.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		33	17	7.0	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2018

W 30–24

at Auburn

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With J. Guarantano — 328 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · -6 rush yds (5 car) · J. Doyle — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 64 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week