Esean Carter

Senior defensive tackle for UConn. 2025: 3 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

DT · UConn · Sr. · #3

6′2″ · 285 lb · Detroit, MI · Martin Luther King HS

CFB Index 83 · #28 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from Toledo)

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The numbers

sacks · 2025

3.5 TFL · 36 tackles · 3 hurries

Best game: 1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 7 tackles, vs Ball State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for UConn. 2025: 3 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 36 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Toledo in 2021.
NCAA grants eligibility for Carter (Sep 4)

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

Esean Carter

DT · UConn · Sr · #3

Wins his gap play after play. Esean Carter has been at UConn through two head coaches in three seasons. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-MAC. One game to point at: 7 tackles, 1.5 sacks against Ball State — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2024Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Balanced

2025Toledo8-5HC: Robert Weiner · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

83All-Conference level #28 of 330?

Low confidenceSustained Ascent6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (82nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

QB hurries#457 / 2975 · 82nd pct

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

Tackles#1060 / 2975 · 64th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.4	0.4	0.2
Road7g	2.4	0.1	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.5	0.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Candle

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

83 · #28 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #28 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Toledo	36	10	3.5	3.0	1	--	--
2024	Toledo	16	5	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2023	Toledo	6	2	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		58	17	6.0	5.0	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 16-24@ Kentucky	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 45-21vs Western Kentucky	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 60-0vs Morgan State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 13-14@ Western Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 45-3vs Akron	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 23-28@ Bowling Green	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 45-10vs Kent State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 7-28@ Washington State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 42-3vs Northern Illinois	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 24-3@ Miami (OH)	3	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	W 38-9vs Ball State	7	3	1.5	1.5	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 14	W 21-3@ Central Michigan	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 22-27@ Louisville	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		36	10	3.5	3.0	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

36Tackles

10Solo

3.5TFL

3Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

36 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.

Week 111 sack · 1 PD
Week 120.5 sacks
Week 131.5 sacks

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.

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Mike Sandjo’s 2023 season.

Mike Sandjo

92%match

SMU · 2023

Cheick Kaba

Troy · 2024

91%

Daevion Davis

Vanderbilt · 2021

88%

Aeneas Peebles

Duke · 2021

NFL Rd 6

88%

Daishon Folsom

Buffalo · 2021

86%

Matches Mike on

Weight

TFL rate

Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Parker Devine's junior season at Georgia Southern (2022).

Parker Devine

86%match

Georgia Southern · 2022

Howard Cross III

Notre Dame · 2022

86%

Owen Stoudmire

Boston College · 2024

85%

Darrion Dalton

Washington State · 2025

84%

Drew Hughes

Ball State · 2025

84%

Matches Parker on

Hurry rate

Sack rate

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Esean Carter

Drew Hughes

Ball State · 2025

86%

Henry Davis III

New Mexico State · 2025

84%

Background

Prior to UConn: Carter transfers to UConn after playing playing his whole career at Toledo...In 2025 he was an All-MAC third team selection...He stared all 13 games and posted 36 tackles, 3.0 sacks, three QB hurries....He set career highs vs. Ball State with seven tackles, 1.5 sacks and 1.5 TFLs....

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The defensive line · UConn

#15Anas LuqmanDL · Jr.9 tackles for loss · 2025
#3Esean CarterDT · Sr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#94Matt HoffmanDL · Sr.2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#2Tahjae MullixDL · Sr.2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#11Avery DunnDL · Jr.2 tackles for loss · 2025

12 more on the roster · UConn team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2021

202513 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

Players who play like Esean Carter

Background

The defensive line · UConn