Kobe Stewart

Senior defensive end for Buffalo. 2025: 3 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

DE · Buffalo · Sr.

6′3″ · 240 lb · Alabaster, AL

CFB Index 61 · #142 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to Buffalo for 2026

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

QB hurries: 95th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

7 TFL · 43 tackles · 6 hurries

Best game: 1.5 sacks, 3 TFL, 10 tackles, at Massachusetts

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Buffalo. 2025: 3 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 43 tackles.

His career, year by year

Kobe Stewart

DE · Buffalo · Sr

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Kobe Stewart has been at Buffalo through two head coaches in two seasons. In 2024 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-MAC. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Central Michigan — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Buffalo9-4HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-heavy

2025Buffalo5-7HC: Pete Lembo · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

61Quality starter #142 of 420?

Medium confidenceFading7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (90th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#117 / 2975 · 95th pct

Tackles for loss#277 / 2975 · 90th pct

7.0

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

Tackles#804 / 2975 · 73rd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1348 / 2975 · 53rd pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.4	0.1	0.1
Road5g	4.8	0.8	0.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.6	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	0.6	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #142 of 420 edge rushers

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-MAC

Based on 2025: #6 of 13 Mid-American DEs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Buffalo	43	16	7.0	3.0	2	--	--
2024	Buffalo	40	16	12.0	9.5	2	--	--
Career		83	32	19.0	12.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 45–6

vs Saint Francis

2 TOT · 2 QB HUR · 1 TFL

Dominant 39-point win at home against Saint Francis.

With T. Roberson — 133 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 73.0 · 88 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · V. Snow — 3 rec · 67 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-23@ Minnesota	2	0	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	W 45-6vs Saint Francis	2	0	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 3	W 31-28@ Kent State	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 17-21vs Troy	3	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-20vs UConn	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-30vs Eastern Michigan	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 28-21@ Massachusetts	10	2	3.0	1.5	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 9	L 16-24vs Akron	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 28-3@ Bowling Green	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 19-38@ Central Michigan	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 20-37vs Miami (OH)	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 26-31vs Ohio	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		43	16	7.0	3.0	—	2

How he plays

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

12 games

43Tackles

16Solo

7TFL

3Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

43 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.

Week 10.5 sacks
Week 20.5 sacks
Week 40.5 sacks
Week 61 PD
Week 81.5 sacks
Week 101 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Buffalo

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Buffalo

Returning around him

1 Buffalo player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +0 net (16 in / 16 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Buffalo · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #120 · 2026 recruiting class #101

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalil Clemons’s 2024 season.

Jalil Clemons

86%match

Southern Miss · 2024

Jonathan Bax

TCU · 2025

85%

Ben McNaboe

Ohio · 2024

85%

Will Evans

Ohio · 2021

83%

Kofi Wardlow

Charlotte · 2021

83%

Matches Jalil on

TFL rate

Weight

Hurry rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Ben McNaboe's senior season at Ohio (2024).

Ben McNaboe

90%match

Ohio · 2024

Andrew Edson

Washington State · 2024

89%

Romello Height

Georgia Tech · 2024

All-Big 12NFL Rd 3 · Pk 6

87%

Nicholas Rinaldi

Vanderbilt · 2025

87%

Joshua Josephs

Tennessee · 2025

NFL Rd 5

87%

Matches Ben on

Class year

TFL rate

Sack rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Kobe Stewart

Jonathan Bax

TCU · 2025

85%

Jay Crable

Ohio · 2025

74%

Keaten Wade

Colorado · 2024

72%

Donnie Smith

Troy · 2025

68%

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

202411 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Versatile End

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