Defensive end for Stanford. 2017: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.
6′6″ · 262 lb · Nampa, ID
The story
2017 defensive end for Stanford. 2017: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearEric Cotton
He has spent three seasons in the Stanford defensive front. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Utah, Week 6, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Stanford, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Shaw.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under David Shaw — 27-13 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (87th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-7@ Rice | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-42@ USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-20@ San Diego State | 9 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 58-34vs UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-24vs Arizona State | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 23-20@ Utah | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 49-7vs Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 15-14@ Oregon State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24@ Washington State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 12 | 4.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.