#99

Kevin Bronson

Senior defensive tackle for South Florida. 2018: 1.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DT · South Florida · Sr. · #99

6′4″ · 282 lb · Delray Beach, FL

South Florida 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive tackle for South Florida. 2018: 1.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Florida, 75 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

South Florida

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

Willie Taggart

South Florida

2017–2018

Charlie Strong

South Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015South Florida8-5HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2016South Florida11-2HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2017South Florida10-2HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2018South Florida7-6HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#693 / 2662 · 72nd pct

4.5

Sacks#683 / 2662 · 72nd pct

1.5

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1157 / 2662 · 56th pct

Solo tackles#1570 / 2662 · 39th pct

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
Road5g	3.0	0.5	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.8	0.6	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	4.2	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	South Florida	34	14	4.5	1.5	--	--	--
2017	South Florida	12	6	2.5	0.5	--	--	--
2016	South Florida	29	17	6.0	1.0	1	--	--
2015	South Florida	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		75	37	13.0	3.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 34–14

vs Elon

3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 0 TFL

With B. Barnett — 305 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 31 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · T. Schneider — 36 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 34-14vs Elon	3	1	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 49-38vs Georgia Tech	2	1	1.5	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 25-19@ Illinois	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 20-13vs East Carolina	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 6	W 58-42@ Massachusetts	2	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 7	W 25-24@ Tulsa	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 38-30vs UConn	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 36-57@ Houston	5	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 15-41vs Tulane	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 23-35@ Cincinnati	5	3	1.0	1.0	—
Total		34	14	4.5	1.5	—

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

Kevin Bronson

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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