Senior defensive tackle for Arizona. 2019: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.
6′5″ · 300 lb · Gilbert, AZ
The story
4 defensive tackle for Arizona. 2019: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 17 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearFinton Connolly
Finton Connolly has been at Arizona through two head coaches in four seasons. The receipt: 4 tackles, 1 TFL against Colorado — Week 6, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Arizona, 56 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Kevin Sumlin. Worth noting in scheme + development 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
2019 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2019
W 65–41
2 TOT · 2 SOLO
Dominant 24-point win at home against Northern Arizona.
With G. Brightwell — 141 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · G. Gunnell — 151 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.4 · 6 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 65-41vs Northern Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-14vs Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17vs UCLA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-30@ Colorado | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 14-41@ USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-56vs Oregon State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-35vs Utah | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-24@ Arizona State | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.