#97

Kevin Abrams-Verwayne

Senior defensive lineman for App State. 2025: 5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

DL · App State · Sr. · #97

6′3″ · 245 lb · Marietta, GA

CFB Index 70 · #97 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to App State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6 pm ETvs CharlotteKidd Brewer StadiumApp State by 17.5

The numbers

sacks · 2025

7 TFL · 43 tackles · 5 hurries

Best game: 2.5 sacks, 2.5 TFL, 10 tackles, vs Arkansas State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for App State. 2025: 5 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to App State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

Sacks: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

Kevin Abrams-Verwayne

DL · App State · Sr · #97

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Four seasons at App State, two different head coaches: Shawn Clark and Dowell Loggains. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Sun Belt. The receipt: 10 tackles, 2.5 sacks against Arkansas State — Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022App State6-6HC: Shawn Clark · Run-leaning

2023App State9-5HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

2024App State5-6HC: Shawn Clark · Balanced

2025App State5-8HC: Dowell Loggains · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

70Quality starter #97 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (96th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (92nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#102 / 2975 · 96th pct

5.0

QB hurries#188 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Tackles for loss#277 / 2975 · 90th pct

7.0

Tackles#804 / 2975 · 73rd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.8	0.9	0.7	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	0.5	0.4	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	4.6	0.7	0.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

70 · #97 of 420 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #97 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #6 of 48 Sun Belt DLs

How the All-Sun Belt 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	App State	43	19	7.0	5.0	2	--	--
2024	App State	9	2	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
2023	App State	17	9	3.5	1.5	--	--	--
2022	App State	3	1	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		72	31	12.0	7.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 20–13

vs Lindenwood

1 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Swann — 293 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.2 · 15 rush yds (4 car) · R. Dubinion — 194 rush yds (25 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-11@ Charlotte	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	2
Wk 2	W 20-13vs Lindenwood	4	1	1.5	1.5	—	0
Wk 3	L 22-38@ Southern Miss	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-47@ Boise State	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 27-23vs Oregon State	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-20@ Georgia State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 37-45vs Coastal Carolina	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 21-24@ Old Dominion	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-58@ James Madison	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 26-24vs Marshall	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 29-30vs Arkansas State	10	8	2.5	2.5	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Bowl	L 10-29vs Georgia Southern	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		43	19	7.0	5.0	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

43Tackles

19Solo

7TFL

5Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

43 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.

Week 12 PD
Week 21.5 sacks
Week 51 sack
Week 142.5 sacks

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

App State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · App State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -5 net (38 in / 43 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

App State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #85 · 2026 recruiting class #59

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jeffery Pooler Jr.’s 2021 season.

Jeffery Pooler Jr.

86%match

Northwestern · 2021

Kameron Wilson

Louisville · 2023

84%

Jordan Botelho

Notre Dame · 2021

84%

Ethan Hassler

Arkansas State · 2022

84%

Eddie Walls III

Houston · 2025

83%

Matches Jeffery on

Weight

Sack rate

Hurry rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to John Pius's senior season at Wisconsin (2024).

John Pius

88%match

Wisconsin · 2024

Eddie Walls III

Houston · 2025

86%

Khris Bogle

Michigan State · 2023

86%

Phillip Lee

Arkansas · 2025

83%

Eric Ford

Army · 2025

83%

Matches John on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Kevin Abrams-Verwayne

Sione Noa

Fresno State · 2024

90%

Phillip Lee

Troy · 2023

84%

Sterling Miles

Eastern Michigan · 2024

84%

Korey Foreman

Fresno State · 2024

83%

Owen Porter

Marshall · 2023

81%

The defensive line · App State

#97Kevin Abrams-VerwayneDL · Sr.7 tackles for loss · 2025
#33Aiden BentonDL · Sr.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#41Caleb SandstromDL · Sr.4 tackles for loss · 2025
#3Joseph BakholeDL · Sr.2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#45Nick CampbellDL · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025

21 more on the roster · App State team page

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

Kevin Abrams-Verwayne

20223 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

3-Tech Penetrator

Players who play like Kevin Abrams-Verwayne

The defensive line · App State