Isaiah Foskey

Former defensive lineman at Notre Dame. 2022: 10.5 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 44 tackles.

DL · Notre Dame · Jr. · #7

6′5″ · 265 lb · Antioch, CA

CFB Index 90 · #13 of 387 edge rushersLow confidenceConsensus AANew Orleans — drafted 2023, Rd 2, Pick 9, #40 overall

On production he ranks #13 of 387 edge rushers; on reputation he is a consensus All-American. The gap between those two numbers is the story.

Recruiting

4★

WDE recruit

No. 212 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

Statement game5 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs UNLV (FBS) · W 44-21

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

Well looks like Grupe is our best player besides Mayer and Foskey… but boy does Grupe like to hug that poler/CFB game thread · ▲ 10His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Notre Dame. 2022: 10.5 sacks, 13.5 tackles for loss, 44 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2019.
Drafted round 2 by the New Orleans in 2023.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Notre Dame, 26 sacks, an All-American season (2022) — drafted at #40 overall by New Orleans.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20193 games

Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of De La Salle

202212 games

The role got bigger.

All-Americafirst · 3 selectors

2023

Drafted by New Orleansround 2, pick 40

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#212 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #40

New Orleans · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS

Consensus AA (2022)

2 first-team selectors

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2021

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

2022

Marcus Freeman

Notre Dame

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New OrleansEntering 4th NFL season

#40Rd 2 · Pick 9

New OrleansEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2020Notre Dame10-2HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2022Notre Dame9-4HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

90All-America level #13 of 387?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#4 / 2755 · 100th pct

10.5

Tackles for loss#30 / 2755 · 99th pct

13.5

QB hurries#79 / 2755 · 96th pct

Tackles#714 / 2755 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#853 / 2755 · 68th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th 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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.4	1.1	1.1	0.0
Road5g	4.0	1.1	0.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.7	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	1.6	1.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #13 of 387 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #13 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2022

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Notre Dame	44	23	13.5	10.5	--	--	--
2021	Notre Dame	52	38	12.5	11.0	1	--	--
2020	Notre Dame	19	11	5.0	4.5	1	--	--
2019	Notre Dame	5	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		120	73	31.0	26.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022

W 35–14

vs Clemson

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 21-point win at home against Clemson.

With J. Sot — 38 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG · D. Pyne — 85 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.9 · 21 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 10-21@ Ohio State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 21-26vs Marshall	5	3	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 3	W 24-17vs California	4	1	2.0	1.5	—
Wk 4	W 45-32@ North Carolina	5	1	1.0	0.5	—
Wk 6	W 28-20vs BYU	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 14-16vs Stanford	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 44-21vs UNLV	5	2	3.0	3.0	—	3 sacks
Wk 9	W 41-24@ Syracuse	3	3	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	W 35-14vs Clemson	4	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 11	W 35-32@ Navy	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 44-0vs Boston College	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 13	L 27-38@ USC	5	4	2.5	1.5	—	2.5 TFL
Total		44	23	13.5	10.5	—

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

Isaiah Foskey

20193 games

202212 games

2023

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Consensus All-American

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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