Kevin Kavalec: DE · Boston College · #93.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kevin Kavalec
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. On tape: 10 tackles against Virginia Tech, Week 3, 2016.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14.5 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Atlantic Coast Conference Oct 22
Sports Illustrated Oct 22
247Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Boston College | 50 | 30 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 2 |
| Career | 50 | 30 | 14.5 | 4.5 | 2 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-17vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-7@ Massachusetts | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-49@ Virginia Tech | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 42-10vs Wagner | 5 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 5 | W 35-3vs Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-56vs No. 3 Clemson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-28vs Syracuse | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-14@ NC State | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-52vs No. 5 Louisville | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 11 | L 7-45@ No. 20 Florida State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-0vs UConn | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 17-14@ Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 36-30vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 30 | 14.5 | 4.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
9%4 sacksTFL rate
29%14 TFLHurry rate
0%0 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
100%4 of 4 pressures50 tackles · 14.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Addazio
Pass share
34.8%
296 pass / 555 run
Plays / game
65.5
13 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
326 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
50 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Boston College, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Steve Addazio.
