#54

Kevin Strong

Senior defensive tackle for UTSA. 2018: 1 sack, 6.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DT · UTSA · Sr. · #54

6′4″ · 295 lb · Cleveland, TX

UTSA 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive tackle for UTSA. 2018: 1 sack, 6.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UTSA in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

DT recruit

No. 2927 nationally · Signed with UTSA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at UTSA, 65 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with UTSA2-star out of Cleveland

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2927 national

CFB

College

UTSA

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Frank Wilson

UTSA

Played his entire career under Frank Wilson.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Frank Wilson — 15-21 over that span.

2016UTSA6-7HC: Frank Wilson · Run-leaning

2017UTSA6-5HC: Frank Wilson · Run-leaning

2018UTSA3-9HC: Frank Wilson · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (84th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#403 / 2662 · 84th pct

6.5

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1487 / 2662 · 43rd pct

Tackles#1671 / 2662 · 36th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	UTSA	24	15	6.5	1.0	1	--	--
2017	UTSA	27	15	7.5	3.0	--	--	--
2016	UTSA	14	5	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		65	35	15.0	4.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2018

W 25–21

vs Texas State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With Y. Routsas — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 55 LONG · C. Grundy — 127 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 31 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week