Kevin Strong: DT · UTSA · #54.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kevin Strong
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Rated a two-star prospect, with three seasons of snaps at UTSA since. The first career honor came in 2017: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Marshall — Week 12, 2018.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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.
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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
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-49@ Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-37vs Baylor | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-41@ Kansas State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 25-21vs Texas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-21vs UTEP | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-3@ Rice | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-31vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-27@ Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-52@ UAB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-45vs Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-23@ Marshall | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 21-24vs North Texas | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 15 | 6.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
27%6 TFLSack rate
4%1 sackHurry rate
8%2 hurries24 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Frank Wilson — 15-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Wilson
Pass share
53.7%
404 pass / 348 run
Plays / game
62.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.4%
441 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at UTSA, 65 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Larry Coker → Frank Wilson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
