#98

Kelby Latta

Defensive lineman for Central Michigan. 2016: 2 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

DL · Central Michigan · #98

6′4″ · Battle Creek, MI

Central Michigan 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 711 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive lineman for Central Michigan. 2016: 2 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Central Michigan, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2012

Signed with Central Michigan3-star out of Harper Creek

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#711 national

CFB

College

Central Michigan

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Central Michigan6-7HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (28th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#489 / 2668 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#542 / 2668 · 78th pct

5.5

Passes defended#513 / 2668 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#1293 / 2668 · 50th pct

Tackles#1616 / 2668 · 38th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.5	0.8	0.0	0.2
Road7g	2.1	0.4	0.3	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.8	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.9	0.2	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Central Michigan	25	18	5.5	2.0	3	--	--
Career		25	18	5.5	2.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2016

W 30–27

at Oklahoma State

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With C. Rush — 368 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 73.9 · -4 rush yds (6 car) · C. Mojsiejenko — 43 AVG · 46 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 30-27@ Oklahoma State	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 35-49@ Virginia	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 10-49vs Western Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-21vs Ball State	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 34-28@ Northern Illinois	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-31@ Toledo	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-27vs Kent State	4	4	2.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 17-37@ Miami (OH)	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 27-20vs Ohio	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 21-26@ Eastern Michigan	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	1	Season-high 5 tackles
Bowl	L 10-55@ Tulsa	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		25	18	5.5	2.0	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology