Koa Farmer

Senior linebacker for Penn State. 2018: 52 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Penn State · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 236 lb · Lake View Terrace, CA

Penn State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 388 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Penn State. 2018: 52 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Penn State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Penn State, 129 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Penn State3-star out of Notre Dame

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#388 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under James Franklin — 38-15 over that span.

2015Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2016Penn State11-3HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2017Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: forced fumbles (95th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Forced fumbles#9 / 722 · 95th pct

Tackles#572 / 2662 · 78th pct

Solo tackles#821 / 2662 · 68th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#1212 / 2662 · 52nd pct

2.5

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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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
Home7g	4.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
Road5g	4.6	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Penn State	52	25	2.5	0.0	2	--	1
2017	Penn State	48	19	5.5	1.0	1	--	--
2016	Penn State	29	14	4.5	3.0	1	--	1
2015	Penn State	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		129	58	12.5	4.0	4	--	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2018

W 22–10

vs Wisconsin

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

With T. McSorley — 160 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.0 · 9 rush yds (11 car) · M. Sanders — 159 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week