Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2025: All-MAC. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 1 sack against Syracuse — Week 5, 2026.
56 tackles · 3.5 sacks
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Sacks3.5tied for 1st in the FBS Independents this season.
Tackles for loss81st in the FBS Independents this season; tied for 46th among current FBS players over the whole career (22.5).
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Opponents faced, by strength
Ratings of the games shown run from -16 to -1 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Defensive profile
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
56tackles this season
TFL rate
14%8 TFL
Sack rate
6%4 sacks
PD rate
2%1 pass breakups
56 tackles · 8 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Teams and coaches
2024Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Balanced
2025Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning
2026UConn4-4HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning
Our ratings
CFB Zeitgeist Score 82 (#48 of 567). Show the ratings
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles for loss (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (95th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
Tackles for loss#50 / 2515 · 98th pct
8.0
Sacks#108 / 2515 · 95th pct
3.5
Tackles#122 / 2515 · 95th pct
56
Solo tackles#265 / 2515 · 88th pct
24
QB hurries#396 / 2515 · 79th pct
2
Passes defended#852 / 2515 · 53rd pct
1
Forced fumbles#24 / 440 · 47th pct
0
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
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home/Road · Season halves
Home vs Road
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Home4g
8.0
1.0
0.5
0.2
Road4g
6.0
1.0
0.4
0.0
First half vs Second half
TKL/g
TFL/g
SACK/g
PD/g
Weeks 1-76g
6.7
1.3
0.6
0.2
Weeks 8+2g
8.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
2026 season
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Pass share
44.1%
226 pass / 286 run
Plays / game
64.0
8 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
274 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
All-Conference 1st team
First team in his league at the position.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Three seasons, two schools
2026 is in progress.
2026 UConn Candle
Year 3 · 8 games
Jan 2026 Entered the transfer portal
Toledo to UConn
2025 Toledo Candle
Year 2 · 13 games
All-conference
2024 Toledo Candle
Year 1 · 8 games
Junior college Hutchinson C.C.
Three-star junior college recruit. Signed with Toledo.