#55

Kendall Coleman

Senior defensive lineman for Syracuse. 2019: 4 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 48 tackles.

DL · Syracuse · Sr. · #55

6′3″ · 253 lb · Indianapolis, IN

Syracuse 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1166 nationally · Signed with Syracuse

Statement game3 tackles · 3 TFL · 3 sacksvs West Virginia (FBS) · W 34-18

Top 1% sacks game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Syracuse. 2019: 4 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 48 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Syracuse in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Syracuse, 16 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201612 games

Signed with Syracuse3-star out of Cathedral

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1166 national

CFB

College

Syracuse

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Dino Babers

Syracuse

Played his entire career under Dino Babers.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dino Babers — 23-26 over that span.

2016Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Syracuse10-3HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2019Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (96th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (95th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#80 / 2688 · 96th pct

Tackles for loss#133 / 2688 · 95th pct

10.5

Sacks#210 / 2688 · 91st pct

4.0

Tackles#720 / 2688 · 73rd pct

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1173 / 2688 · 55th 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
Road6g	4.2	1.3	0.7	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	0.6	0.4	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	1.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Syracuse	48	20	10.5	4.0	2	--	--
2018	Syracuse	30	23	12.0	10.0	--	--	--
2017	Syracuse	28	14	2.5	0.5	--	--	--
2016	Syracuse	29	13	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		135	70	26.5	15.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2019

W 39–30

vs Wake Forest

9 TOT · 4 SOLO · 0 TFL

Edged out Wake Forest at home in a shootout.

With S. Hofrichter — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · C. Welch — 234 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 19 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week