#11

Khairi Manns

Former defensive lineman at James Madison. 2024: 9 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 70 tackles.

DL · James Madison · Sr. · #11

6′3″ · 230 lb · New Rochelle, NY

CFB Index 88 · #19 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceJames Madison 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive lineman at James Madison. 2024: 9 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 70 tackles.

Transferred from Colorado to James Madison in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at James Madison, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20237 games

Entered the portal

202413 games

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltsecond

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2023–2024

2 coaches

2023

Damian Wroblewski

James Madison

2024

Bob Chesney

James Madison

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Damian Wroblewski → Bob Chesney. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Colorado4-8HC: Deion Sanders · Pass-leaning

2024James Madison9-4HC: Bob Chesney · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

88All-Conference level #19 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#18 / 2892 · 99th pct

9.0

Tackles for loss#27 / 2892 · 99th pct

14.0

QB hurries#42 / 2892 · 98th pct

Tackles#246 / 2892 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#524 / 2892 · 81st pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th 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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	5.4	1.0	0.6	0.1
Road6g	5.3	1.2	0.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.7	1.2	0.6	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	6.2	0.9	0.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

88 · #19 of 426 edge rushers

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	James Madison	70	30	14.0	9.0	2	--	--
2023	Colorado	9	6	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		79	36	15.0	10.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 70–50

at North Carolina

1 TOT · 1 REC

Edged out North Carolina on the road in a shootout.

With A. Barnett — 388 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.5 · 99 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · C. Ross — 10 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 30-7@ Charlotte	8	5	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 13-6vs Gardner-Webb	6	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	W 70-50@ North Carolina	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 63-7vs Ball State	4	2	2.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 6	L 19-21@ UL Monroe	7	2	2.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 39-7vs Coastal Carolina	3	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-28@ Georgia Southern	3	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 32-15vs Southern Miss	7	2	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 38-7vs Georgia State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 35-32@ Old Dominion	6	2	2.5	2.5	—	0	2.5 sacks
Wk 13	L 20-34@ App State	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 33-35vs Marshall	10	6	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Bowl	W 27-17vs Western Kentucky	4	2	1.5	1.0	—	0
Total		70	30	14.0	9.0	—	2

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