Senior defensive lineman for Wisconsin. 2025: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 9 tackles.
6′3″ · 299 lb · Flint, MI
The numbers
sack · 2025
1.5 TFL · 9 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 tackles, at Michigan
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Wisconsin. 2025: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 9 tackles.
Jay'Viar Suggs
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Illinois, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
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 at the early end of the ladder.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2025
W 13–10
vs Washington
2 QB HUR
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With S. West — 24 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · A. Bertrams — 37 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 43 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 10-27vs Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-24@ Michigan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-37vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 0-34vs Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-21@ Oregon | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 13-10vs Washington | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-31@ Indiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-10vs Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
9 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
2026 Outlook
Wisconsin
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Wisconsin
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wisconsin · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #30 · 2026 recruiting class #78
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Decarius Hawthorne’s 2023 season.
Matches Decarius on
Differs from Decarius on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Ashton Gillotte's freshman season at Louisville (2021).
Matches Ashton on
Differs from Ashton on