Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-8vs NC State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 59-3vs Norfolk State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#88
Kervins Choute
Senior defensive lineman on Virginia's 2026 roster.
6′4″ · 293 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL · Deerfield Beach
Transferred UConn → Virginia for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
0.5 TFL · 3 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 2 tackles, vs NC State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Virginia's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2020.
- Transferred from UConn to Virginia in 2026.
Kervins Choute
Wins his gap play after play. Kervins Choute has played for five head coaches across six seasons and three programs. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against NC State, Week 1, 2026.
3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2020
- Signed with UCF3-star out of Deerfield Beach
20245 games
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
2 coaches2020
Virginia
Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Virginia
2025UConn
2026Virginia
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020UCF6-4HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced, fast tempo
2022UCF9-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2023UCF6-7HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning
2024UConn9-4HC: Jim Mora · Run-leaning
2025UConn9-4HC: Gordon Sammis · Balanced
2026Virginia2-0HC: Tony Elliott · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Elliott
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 59–3
1 TOT · 0 TFL
Dominant 56-point win at home against Norfolk State.
With B. Pribula — 162 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 51.1 · -8 rush yds (2 car) · D. Sparks — 54 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 61 LONG
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Esaias Carpenter’s 2021 season.
93%match
Matches Esaias on
Hurry rate
TFL rate
Sack rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan Bertagnole's graduate season at Wyoming (2024).
92%match
All-Mountain West
Matches Jordan on
Class year
Height
Hurry rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Kervins Choute
The defensive line · Virginia
- #33Nnanna Anyanwu7 tackles for loss · 2025
- #14Fisher Camac5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #91Jason Hammond3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #92Jonathan Allen2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #88Kervins Choute0.5 tackles for loss · 2025
15 more on the roster · Virginia team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology