Eric Assoua: DL · Western Michigan · #33.
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Eric Assoua
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Western Michigan. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Ball State — Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Western Michigan | 18 | 11 | 6.0 | 4.5 | -- |
| 2017 | Western Michigan | 19 | 11 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Western Michigan | 47 | 28 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Career | 84 | 50 | 19.0 | 11.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 68-0vs Delaware State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-15@ Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 40-39@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-35@ Bowling Green | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-10@ Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-51vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-59vs Ohio | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 41-42@ Ball State | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 28-21vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 18-49vs BYU | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 11 | 6.0 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
33%6 TFLSack rate
25%4 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries18 tackles · 6 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Lester
Pass share
41.3%
394 pass / 560 run
Plays / game
73.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Michigan, 11 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 31 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: P.J. Fleck → Tim Lester. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
