#90

Kourtland Busby

Defensive lineman for New Mexico State. 2016: 1 sack, 5.5 tackles for loss, 44 tackles.

DL · New Mexico State · #90

6′3″ · Pflugerville, TX

New Mexico State 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 defensive lineman for New Mexico State. 2016: 1 sack, 5.5 tackles for loss, 44 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico State in 2014.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WDE recruit

No. 3112 nationally · Signed with New Mexico State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

One season at New Mexico State, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with New Mexico State2-star out of Hendrickson

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3112 national

CFB

College

New Mexico State

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016New Mexico State3-9HC: Doug Martin · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#44 / 2668 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#542 / 2668 · 78th pct

5.5

Tackles#851 / 2668 · 68th pct

Sacks#763 / 2668 · 64th pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1796 / 2668 · 31st pct

Passes defended#1657 / 2668 · 19th 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

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	5.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
Road7g	3.4	0.5	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.3	0.8	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	New Mexico State	44	12	5.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		44	12	5.5	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2016

W 32–31

vs New Mexico

3 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out New Mexico at home in a shootout.

With T. Rogers — 205 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.3 · 21 rush yds (15 car) · P. Theisler — 58 AVG · 59 LONG · 2 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week