Former defensive lineman at Massachusetts. 2024: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.
6′3″ · 295 lb · Kansas City, MO
The story
Former defensive lineman at Massachusetts. 2024: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.
Etinosa Reuben
Wins his gap play after play. Across six seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Dabo Swinney, Brent Key and Shane Montgomery. One game to point at: 7 tackles, 2 TFL against Miami (OH) — Week 5, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Massachusetts, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Walt Bell, Alex Miller, Don Brown, and Shane Montgomery. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
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
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 20 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Clemson | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Clemson | 14 | 8 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Clemson | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Clemson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 41 | 19 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024
W 35–31
4 TOT · 2 QB HUR
Edged out Central Connecticut at home in a shootout.
With T. Phommachanh — 287 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.3 · 43 rush yds (8 car) · T. Harding — 2 rec · 72 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 23-38@ Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-34@ Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-31vs Central Connecticut | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-23@ Miami (OH) | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 20-34@ Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-45@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 42-47vs UConn | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Bracken El-Bakri’s 2020 season.
Matches Bracken on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA