Kobe Hilton: DL · Miami (OH) · #96.
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Kobe Hilton
Wins the gap play after play. Rated a two-star prospect, with five seasons of snaps at Miami (OH) since. On tape: 3 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Kent State, Week 12, 2024.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | 19 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | 28 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | Miami (OH) | 27 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | Miami (OH) | 20 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Career | 97 | 37 | 9.0 | 2.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-13vs Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 16-27vs Cincinnati | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-28@ No. 17 Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-20vs Massachusetts | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-30@ Toledo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 46-7vs Central Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-7vs Kent State | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 20-9vs Northern Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-12@ Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 3-38vs Ohio | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 43-17vs Colorado State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Bowl · 2024
W 43-17
vs Colorado State · neutral site
1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles · 1 hurry
Dominant 26-point win at a neutral site against Colorado State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry19 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
5 seasons under Chuck Martin — 41-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chuck Martin
Pass share
49.9%
398 pass / 400 run
Plays / game
57.0
14 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
410 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #239 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Miami (OH), 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chuck Martin.
