Senior defensive tackle for Navy. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 7 tackles.
6′2″ · 280 lb · Tampa, FL
The numbers
sack · 2025
1 TFL · 7 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 tackles, vs VMI
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for Navy. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 7 tackles.
His career, year by yearKendall Whiteside
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the Navy defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt: 3 tackles against Temple — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Brian Newberry — 21-5 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Newberry
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs VMI | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-24vs UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-31vs Air Force | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 32-31@ Temple | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 42-32vs Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Navy
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Navy
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Navy · Last season: 11-2 (AP #22) · Talent rank #138 · 2026 recruiting class #137
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Mosiah Nasili-Kite’s 2023 season.
Matches Mosiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Jaquel Pierce's freshman season at Texas State (2020).
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Differs from Jaquel on
Player DNA