#98

Kody Huisman

Senior defensive lineman on Virginia Tech's 2025 roster.

DL · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #98

6′4″ · 297 lb · Pella, IA

CFB Index 33 · #245 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Virginia Tech for 2026

The numbers

sacks · 2025

1.5 TFL · 39 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 0.5 TFL, 5 tackles, at Florida State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on Virginia Tech's 2025 roster.

Transferred from North Dakota State to Virginia Tech in 2025.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Tackles: 68th percentile.

The full scouting read

Kody Huisman

DL · Virginia Tech · Sr · #98

Wins his gap play after play. Kody Huisman arrived at Virginia Tech from North Dakota State. The receipt: 5 tackles against Miami — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Virginia Tech3-9HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

33Below cohort / limited sample #245 of 330?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#937 / 2975 · 68th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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	3.6	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road5g	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

33 · #245 of 330 interior linemen

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #55 of 73 ACC DLs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	Virginia Tech	39	12	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		39	12	1.5	0.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 23–21

at NC State

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. Stewart — 174 rush yds (15 car) · N. Veltsistas — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 11-24@ South Carolina	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-44vs Vanderbilt	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 26-45vs Old Dominion	4	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-6vs Wofford	2	0	0.5	—	1
Wk 5	W 23-21@ NC State	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 23-30vs Wake Forest	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 20-35@ Georgia Tech	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-34vs California	4	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 16-28vs Louisville	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 14-34@ Florida State	5	1	0.5	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 13	L 17-34vs Miami	5	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 7-27@ Virginia	4	1	0.0	—	0
Total		39	12	1.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

39Tackles

12Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

39 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 41 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

Virginia Tech

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Virginia Tech

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +2 net (29 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Virginia Tech · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #27 · 2026 recruiting class #30

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Troy Rainey’s 2024 season.

Troy Rainey

93%match

Rutgers · 2024

Raishein Thomas

Northern Illinois · 2021

91%

Sawyer Goram-Welch

Coastal Carolina · 2024

88%

LeDarrius Cox

Indiana · 2022

88%

Kervins Choute

UConn · 2025

87%

Matches Troy on

Weight

Height

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Raishein Thomas's sophomore season at Northern Illinois (2021).

Raishein Thomas

91%match

Northern Illinois · 2021

Nate Clifton

Vanderbilt · 2021

90%

Sawyer Goram-Welch

Coastal Carolina · 2024

89%

Fuches Lewis II

Georgia State · 2023

88%

LeDarrius Cox

Indiana · 2022

88%

Matches Raishein on

Class year

Weight

TFL rate

Player DNA

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Kervins Choute

UConn · 2025

87%

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

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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