Senior defensive tackle for Louisiana Tech. 2018: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 9 tackles.
6′4″ · 280 lb · Jackson, MS
The story
4 defensive tackle for Louisiana Tech. 2018: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 9 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKeonatye Garner
He has spent three seasons in the Louisiana Tech defensive front. One game to point at: 3 tackles against UTEP — Week 8, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Louisiana Tech, 41 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Skip Holtz.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Skip Holtz — 24-16 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
2018 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Cumbie
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Louisiana Tech | 14 | 8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Louisiana Tech | 18 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 41 | 20 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018
W 54–17
vs Southern
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 54-17vs Southern | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-38@ LSU | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 29-27@ North Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-28vs UAB | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-24vs UTEP | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |