Senior defensive tackle for SMU. 2022: 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.
6′4″ · 272 lb · Nice
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 139 nationally · Joined SMU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for SMU. 2022: 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 20 tackles.
Junior Aho
Wins his gap play after play. Junior Aho has played for three head coaches in three seasons at SMU. One game to point at: 5 tackles against North Texas — Week 1, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at SMU, 41 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #175 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022
W 45–16
vs Lamar
1 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS
Dominant 29-point win at home against Lamar.
With T. Mordecai — 212 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.1 · R. Bujcevski — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10@ North Texas | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-16vs Lamar | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 19-41@ UCF | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 40-34vs Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-34@ Tulsa | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 41-23@ South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-59@ Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-31vs Memphis | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 12 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jordan Porter’s 2022 season.
Matches Jordan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Porter's junior season at Bowling Green (2022).
Matches Jordan on
Player DNA