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Kershawn Fisher

Senior defensive end for Western Michigan. 2025: 2 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DE · Western Michigan · Sr. · #20

6′2″ · 246 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 63 · #133 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to Western Michigan for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETat RiceRice StadiumWestern Michigan by 9.5

How he plays

Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.

QB hurries: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

6.5 TFL · 28 tackles · 9 hurries

Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 5 tackles, vs Toledo

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Western Michigan. 2025: 2 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northshore in 2020.
Transferred from Nicholls to Western Michigan in 2025.

His career, year by year

Kershawn Fisher

DE · Western Michigan · Sr · #20

Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 4 tackles against Michigan State — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Louisiana Tech5-5HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Skip Holtz · Balanced

2022Louisiana Tech3-9HC: Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

2025Western Michigan10-4HC: Lance Taylor · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

63Quality starter #133 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (87th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#27 / 2975 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#340 / 2975 · 87th pct

6.5

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1434 / 2975 · 50th pct

Tackles#1469 / 2975 · 49th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.4	0.7	0.2	0.2
Road5g	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.6	0.7	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lance Taylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

63 · #133 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #133 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #5 of 13 Mid-American DEs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Western Michigan	28	15	6.5	2.0	2	--	--
2022	Louisiana Tech	41	26	6.0	2.0	--	--	--
2021	Louisiana Tech	10	3	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Louisiana Tech	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		81	44	14.0	5.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 47–14

vs Rhode Island

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 33-point win at home against Rhode Island.

With B. Lowry — 143 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.9 · 52 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD · D. Miles — 54 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 6-23@ Michigan State	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 30-33vs North Texas	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	L 0-38@ Illinois	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 14-13vs Toledo	5	3	0.5	0.5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 5	W 47-14vs Rhode Island	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 21-3@ Massachusetts	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 42-0vs Ball State	3	2	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Central Michigan	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 17-13vs Ohio	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 35-19@ Northern Illinois	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 31-21@ Eastern Michigan	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 23-13vs Miami (OH)	3	0	1.0	0.5	—	0
Bowl	W 41-6vs Kennesaw State	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		28	15	6.5	2.0	—	2

The defensive line · Western Michigan

#20Kershawn FisherDE · Sr.6.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#31DeJuan EcholesDE · Sr.6 tackles for loss · 2025
#91Marcel TylerDL · Sr.5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#58Tyson LeeDL · Sr.3 tackles for loss · 2025
#64Race StewartDL · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025

23 more on the roster · Western Michigan team page

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

Kershawn Fisher

2020

2023

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Pressure Merchant

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The defensive line · Western Michigan