John Whitman: DT · Ball State · #55.
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John Whitman
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. On tape: 5 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Miami (OH), Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ball State | 22 | 8 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3 |
| Career | 22 | 8 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-21@ Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-30@ Indiana | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-14vs Eastern Kentucky | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-27@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31vs Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-24@ Central Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-21@ Buffalo | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 25-35vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 41-48vs Eastern Michigan | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 19-37@ Toledo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-21@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 22 | 8 | 4.0 | 2.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%4 TFLSack rate
11%2 sacksHurry rate
14%3 hurries22 tackles · 4 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
45.7%
434 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
79.1
12 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
467 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Ball State, 22 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pete Lembo → Mike Neu. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
