Senior defensive end for Vanderbilt. 2025: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.
6′5″ · 275 lb · Bronx, NY · Frederick Douglas Academy
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
sack · 2025
2 TFL · 29 tackles
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 5 tackles, at Massachusetts
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end for Vanderbilt. 2025: 1 sack, 2 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.
How he plays
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.
Sacks: 63rd percentile.
The full scouting readKhalil Poteat
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Khalil Poteat has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Vanderbilt. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Army, Week 11, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #404 at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-10@ Massachusetts | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-7vs Howard | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-32vs Navy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-14@ Charlotte | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-37@ Tulsa | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-45vs East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-14@ Army | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 13-37vs Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 25-52@ North Texas | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 15 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Montez Kelley’s 2024 season.
Matches Montez on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Montez Kelley's sophomore season at App State (2024).
Matches Montez on
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