Joe Ostman: DL · Central Michigan · #45.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Joe Ostman
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Central Michigan since. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Kent State — Week 12, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
61 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 20.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Central Michigan | 61 | 35 | 20.5 | 14.0 |
| 2016 | Central Michigan | 69 | 42 | 13.5 | 8.0 |
| Career | 130 | 77 | 34.0 | 22.0 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-27vs Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 45-27@ Kansas | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-31vs Miami (OH) | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 5 | L 8-28@ Boston College | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 26-23@ Ohio | 8 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | L 10-30vs Toledo | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-9@ Ball State | 5 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 | 4 sacks |
| Wk 12 | W 42-23@ Kent State | 11 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Northern Illinois | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-37vs Wyoming | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 35 | 20.5 | 14.0 | — | 0 |
Week 6 · 2017
W 26-23
at Ohio
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 8 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
34%20 TFLSack rate
23%14 sacksHurry rate
3%2 hurries61 tackles · 20.5 for loss · 14 sacks.
2 seasons under John Bonamego, all balanced offenses — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 6.6 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 7.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
John Bonamego
Pass share
51.2%
470 pass / 448 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
503 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
61 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Central Michigan, 22 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Enos → John Bonamego. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
